Flower Notes:
Red (Rose-red single to semi-double flowers (1.5" across) in clusters; late April to May)
Foliage Notes:
Red (New growth is reddish in the spring); Green (Deep green summer foliage); Yellow (Fall color)
Fruit Notes:
Red-Violet (Very shiny, purple-red crabapples (pomes), 0.8" dia.)
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.
