Flower Notes:
Red;pink (Buds rosey-red; flowers single or semi-double, 1.3" across, pink, and in clusters; early April to May)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Summer foliage); Multi-Colored (Orange and yellow fall foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Yellow (0.7" dia. yellow crabapples (pomes) with an orange blush; persistent)
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.
