Location: Front and side of the Library, Building 38

The trees surrounding the National Library of Medicine are Crabapple trees of the Malus Arnoldiana variety. Rapid growers, they reach a height of 20 feet but are broad and spreading to about 30 feet wide with long, arching branches. Red flower buds open to 2-inch pink flowers that fade to white, and yellow and red half-inch fruits ripen in early fall. The trees usually are at the height of color in early May.

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Last Reviewed: February 27, 2012