Flowers:
Pink (Dark pink buds and flowers in clusters; May)
Foliage:
Green (Dark green summer foliage; fall color variable)
Fruit:
Red (Small orangish-red crabapples (pomes))
Soil:
Well-drained heavy loam soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Simple 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.
