Do you have a Japanese tea apple tree at NYBG?
I have what I was told to be a "Japanese tea apple tree". It is at least 45 years old and used to have a mate that bore fruit. I'm trying to replace the mate but can't find any at the local nurseries, and they don't even recognize the strain. Do you have something like that in your collection and do you know the correct name? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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This plant was once called Malus theifera, or Malus hupehensis, but is now renamed Sinomalus hupehensis. We have one of these plants at NYBG, planted in 1937, in the South Arboretum Crabapple Collection- which is opposite Daffodil Hill. You may be able to find one available if you search for nurseries using all three of these names.
- Courtesy of NYBG Plant Information Service
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