Malus is a very popular traditional bonsai due to its flowers of seemingly infinite variety and loveliness. Crabapple is much loved for its attractive fruit and small leaves. Apples make excellent, if rarely seen, bonsai subjects, but are only suitable for large sized bonsai trees. Apples and Crabapples are best grown in a sunny location with good air circulation and have no particular soil preferences, except soil should be well-drained. Root pruned trees transplant most easily. Crabapples are grown for their showy flowers and attractive, brightly-coloured fruit.