Flowers:
Pink;white (Buds pink; fragrant, white flowers (1" across) borne annually, abundantly, and in clusters; late April to May)
Foliage:
Green (Handscome deep green summer foliage); Yellow (Fall color)
Fruit:
Red (Numerous 0.5" dia. crabapples (pomes); persistent)
Soil:
Well-drained heavy loam soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Simple, narrow, ovate, serrate leaves 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.
