Flower Notes:
Red;pink (Buds pinkish-red; flowers fragrant, pink, 1.5" across, and in clusters; late April to May)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Lustrous dark green summer foliage); Multi-Colored (Poor greenish yellow-orange fall color)
Fruit Notes:
Yellow (Up to 0.5" dia. yellow to yellow-orange crabapples (pomes) with a rose cheek; persistent)
Soil Notes:
Well-drained heavy loam soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Simple, ovate leaves (up to 3" long) in clusters on short spurs. Buds have several imbricate scales and are usually reddish-brown with hairs protruding under scales. Fruits have multiple seeds (as compared to the single seed pit of Prunus species). The bark of mature trees is gray to brown and scaly. 'Louisa' has a weeping habit and pendulous branches.
