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Malus loensis Plena

Malus loensis Plena
Latin name:
Malus loensis Plena
Common name:
crab apple, malus, crab apple, loensis plena
Keywords:
crab apple, malus

Malus Loensis Pena is a crab apple grown for its fragrant flower - large double pink blossoms (around November time) and then gets orange to red foliage in the Autumn which is also spectacular so very much a bush (it will grow to 3-4 metres tall) that is there for its beauty and not its fruit which are a greenish yellow but not edible or bottleable.

Tree is deciduous and very hardy.