Malus tschonoskii

Malus tschonoskii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Malus
Species:	M. tschonoskii
Binomial name
Malus tschonoskii C.K.Schneid.

Malus tschonoskii is a species in the genus Malus (apples) in the Rosaceae. It is a strong growing tree with distinctive columnar habit and is particularly noted for its autumn colouring when the mid-green leaves turn to brilliant shades of yellow, orange, purple and scarlet. Single white flowers, tinged pink, appear in May and are followed by rounded red-flushed yellow-green crab apples. It can get to be 30 ft by 6 ft (9 m by 1.8 m) in 20 years, with an ultimate height of 40 ft (12 m).

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