Malus 'Perfect Purple'
Perfect Purple Flowering Crabapple

 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 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)
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Well-drained heavy loam soils
 Range:
Cultivated origin
 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.
  Special Characteristics:
  • Flowering Characteristics 355
  • Fruiting Characteristics 117
  • Groupings 211
  • Patio Tree 128
  • Specimen 630

    • Additional Information

    The Flowering Crabapple is a popular small ornamental tree with an extremely showy flower display in the spring. 'Perfect Purple' is known for its stunning deep purple foliage and rose-colored blooms in the spring.

    Other plants like this Malus 'Perfect Purple' (Perfect Purple Flowering Crabapple)

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