Queen Cox apple
Malus domestica 'Queen Cox'
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- White
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Queen Cox' apple (Malus domestica 'Queen Cox') is a tree for the food garden. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It is grown for fresh eating, cooking, and juice. White flowers open from early to late spring and attract bees. This self-fertile sport of 'Cox's Orange Pippin' ripens in mid season, and the fruit keeps for 1 to 2 months.
Pairs well with Juneberry, Rhubarb, and Prairie dropseed.