Flower Notes:
Red;pink (Deep red buds; pink flowers edged in red, in clusters; late April to May)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Purplish green summer foliage); Yellow (Fall color)
Fruit Notes:
Red-Violet (Crabapples (pomes))
Soil Notes:
Well-drained heavy loam soil; not especially tolerant of very wet or very dry soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Simple leaves clustered on tips of spurs. Leaves on young rapidly growing shoots often irregularly lobed, with others entire. Disordered branching with frequent cross-branching. Bark is a lustrous dark red-brown. Fruits have multiple seeds (as compared to the single seed pit of Prunus species).
