Crab Apple Bonsai Tree

It also blossoms in early spring.
Crab apple bonsai tree. Crab apple malus deciduous tree with many varieties producing blossom coloured from white through to pink. They are covered with beautiful flowers in early spring before the foliage appears and little green apples appear in summer ripening to all different colors in the fall when the foliage. Are one of the best flowering trees for bonsai. However there are a few species of crab apples that are particularly well suited to being grown as bonsai specimens.
As a guide around thanksgiving day it is time to prepare your bonsai for its winter dormancy period which should last approximately three 3 months. The word crabapple refers to a genus of more than 50 species of small shrubs and deciduous trees in the rosaceae family including regular culinary and eating apples along with wild apples too. The crab apple is a popular flowering bonsai tree bearing small fruits in autumn. The malus sylvestris and malus cerasifera species are most commonly used for.
A crabapple bonsai is a living miniature tree and not a house plant. Therefore your bonsai must be maintained in a cool cold environment during the winter season. The flowering crabapple bonsai tree is one of the most sought after and valued flowering miniature tree thanks to its spring blossoms. Fruit can hang on the tree until some time after leaves have fallen.