Flower Notes:
Red;pink (Buds red; flowers rose-pink, 1.25" across, annual, and in clusters; late April to May)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Glossy, deep green summer foliage); Yellow (Fall color)
Fruit Notes:
Red (Small (3/8" dia.) dark red crabpples (pomes))
Soil Notes:
Well-drained heavy loam soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Simple, elliptical, usually irregularly lobed, 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.
