Malus sieversii

Growing in the nursery is a fine, sturdy young specimen of Malus sieversii. A native to Central Asia and known to be the wild apple that apple breeding developed from. Through DNA analysis it is believed that the majority of the cultivars of domestic apple are related to this species which is now endangered in the wild. In bloom just now, blush pink in tight bud, turning white as the five petals open and developing an origami like shape in the centre.