Flower Notes:
Red;pink (Buds deep red; flowers (1.5" dia.) are reddish-purple, fading to pink, annual, and in clusters; late April to May)
Foliage Notes:
Purple (Newly emerging leaves are purplish in the spring); Green (Lustrous dark green summer foliage); Yellow (Fall color)
Fruit Notes:
Red-Violet (Dark purplish-red, over 0.6" dia. crabapples (pomes))
Soil Notes:
Well-drained heavy loam soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Simple, elliptical, 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.
