JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2019, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (04): 203-204.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-2006.201905001

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A new ornamental crabapple cultivar ‘Luokeke Nüshi’

ZHANG Wangxiang1,2, ZHANG Long1, JIANG Hao1, FAN Junjun1, ZHOU Ting1, CAO Fuliang1   

  1. (1.Co-Innovation Center of the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; 2.Yangzhou Flowering Crabapple Horticulture Ltd., Yangzhou 225200, China)
  • Online:2019-07-22 Published:2019-07-22

Abstract: Malus ‘Luokeke Nüshi’ is a new and excellent crabapple cultivar that has been selected from the progeny of M. ‘Purple Prince’. This cultivar possesses umbel inflorescence with semidouble-flower(ten petals). The corolla is deep cup-shaped and similar to lady’s skirt. The color of flower buds is purple-red and changed into bright purple-red without obvious fading when it is blooming. Flowers are relatively large(5.0 cm in diameter)with elliptical and overlapping petals. The tree has a spreading canopy with medium tree vigor. The time of beginning of blooming(10% open flowers)is in early April in Jiangsu, the flowering duration can be up to ten days. No serious pest and disease had been observed.

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