Sun: full sun

Soil: good drainage, neutral to acidic pH

Growth rate: moderate (1 ft/yr)

Mature size: 12-20 ft. tall

Landscape use: edible landscape; wildlife food plot; silvopasture; agroforestry; home food preservation (canning, cider); ornamental

Fruit: small to apples that are yellow and red (please note that ours all originate from seed so are not a named cultivar, i.e. there will be variability in fruit size/shape/color)

Flower: showy white and pink blossoms

Fall color: yellow

Planting notes: Malus baccata is known to be more resitant to fire blight and cedar apple rust than others in the Malus genus

Seasonal interest: showy spring flowers, colorful fall fruit

Sustaining wildlife: nectar for bees and other pollinators, deer attracted to the fruit, good habitat for birds and deer