New and Unread Tree-Mails
|
Squaw Apple |
|
|
Indian Apple |
|
|
Wild Crab-Apple |
|
|
Squaw-Apple |
| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Plant Height: | 6 to 10 feet (2-3 m) |
| Leaves: | Deciduous Other: leaves are simple, oblanceolate, 0.6 to 0.8 inch long, and 0.2 to 0.4 inch wide; produced at the ends of short lateral spurs. |
| Fruit: | Edible to birds Other: yellow-red; bitter tasting; reminiscent of a small crabapple that is about ½ inch (13 mm) in diameter; ripe fruit is gravity or animal (bird and rodent) dispersed in July or August; those which remain into winter provide winter interest. |
| Fruiting Time: | Summer |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Flower Color: | Pink White |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer |
| Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
| Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge Provides winter interest Flowering Tree |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds |
| Resistances: | Drought tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Stratify seeds: wet prechill 45 days at 38F (3C) or sow outside in fall. Depth to plant seed: 1/4 to 1/2 inch Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Start indoors Other info: approximately 23000 seeds/pound. |
| Pollinators: | Various insects |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil Monoecious |
