Wednesday, October 22, 2008

A Bud called Malus


In general: Flowering Crab or Crab Apple. Specifically: Malus spectabilis 'Plena' - which is also known as Chinese Crab. Theres a tonne of 'Crabs' out there - check them out on Wikipedia's Malus page.

Did you know that apples are in the rose family? 'Tis true!

2 comments:

BetteJo said...

I LOVE flowering trees! Such a pretty picture!

Melanie said...

Now that is a gorgeous picture. Those colors are the exact combination at the moment that makes me go mmmmmmmm.