Flowers:
Pink (Rose colored flower clusters in early spring)
Foliage:
Purple (Purplish-green summer foliage that emerges deep purple in the spring); Red (Bright red fall foliage)
Fruit:
Red (Excellent 0.5" dia. Plum colored crabapples (pomes); persistent into November and December)
Soil:
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.
