Re: Apple rootstocks or Crabapples
- To: woodyplants@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Apple rootstocks or Crabapples
- From: C* P* L*
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 19:09:47 -0500 (CDT)
> I'm thinking of buying some rootstock and planting, even with the root
> suckering problem, as I've never seen crabapples with so few disease
> problems and such vigor and tremendous bloom.
Hi Beth,
According to "Flower Crabapples" by the late Father John Fiala (a
very good book), most crabapples are budded or grafted onto seedlings
of M. sylvestris or varieties of M. pumila.
Moderate suckering as a rootstock:
M. 'Dolgo' seedling
M. 'Antonovka 313'
M. anonovka
Heavy suckering:
M. 'Anis'
M. 'Antonovka 306'
M. prunifolia
M. pumila
Very heavy suckering:
M. baccata
M. 'Red Splendor' seedling
If I were choosing a crabapple for myself, I'd go with Malus ioensis
'Klehm's Improved Bechtel'. It still has some slight disease problems,
but it has a great fragrance, awesome double pink flowers, and blooms
about two weeks later than most crabs. If you're interested, I can
post a photo or two.
Other (less biased) choices include M. hupehensis, which has a nice
picturesque habit and pink->white flowers with good disease resistance,
M. x 'Prairifire' (yes, Prairie without an 'e') right here out of
the University of Illinois with awesome disease resistance and deep
purplish-red blooms, or M. sieboldii var. zumi which is a
disease-resistant, rounded tree with with deep-pink->white blooms
and red fruit produced annually.
Obviously, there's lots of choices out there. So don't limit
yourself!
Chris
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