Southern Crabapple
Malus angustifolia
Southern crabapple perfumes the spring woods with intensely fragrant rose-pink bloom, followed by aromatic green crabapples used for jelly and eaten by wildlife. A suckering small tree of the Southeast.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–25 ft
- Spacing
- 15–25 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- pink, white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~308 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, SC, TN, VA