Plant: Prairie Fire - Crabapple Tree
Crabapple Tree · Malus 'Prairifire'
Size: 7 gal
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More about this plant
A flowering crabapple that grows about 20 feet tall and wide with an upright spreading form and reddish green foliage. Red buds open to dark pinkish red blooms in spring, followed by small dark red to red purple fruit three eighths to half an inch across that persists on the branches into winter for birds. It flowers and fruits best in full sun on moist, well drained soil of medium fertility at a slightly acid pH of 6.0 to 6.5, and it carries excellent resistance to scab, rust and powdery mildew with good resistance to fire blight.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 20 ft tall and 20 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 4-8
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A flowering crabapple that grows about 20 feet tall and wide with an upright spreading form and reddish green foliage. Red buds open to dark pinkish red blooms in spring, followed by small dark red to red purple fruit three eighths to half an inch across that persists on the branches into winter for birds. It flowers and fruits best in full sun on moist, well drained soil of medium fertility at a slightly acid pH of 6.0 to 6.5, and it carries excellent resistance to scab, rust and powdery mildew with good resistance to fire blight.
- Flowers
- Red buds open to dark pinkish red blooms in spring.
- Fruit
- Small dark red to red purple fruit three eighths to half an inch in diameter that persists on the tree.
- Pruning
- Prune in late winter or early spring to open the canopy to air and light and to remove unwanted branches.
