Flower Notes:
Pink (Rose colored flower clusters in early spring)
Foliage Notes:
Purple (Purplish-green summer foliage that emerges deep purple in the spring); Red (Bright red fall foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Red (Excellent 0.5" dia. Plum colored crabapples (pomes); persistent into November and December)
Soil Notes:
Well-drained heavy loam soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Simple, elliptical leaves (up to 2" 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.
