Plant: Profusion - Crabapple Tree
Crabapple Tree · Malus 'Profusion'
Size: 5 gal
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More about this plant
A flowering crabapple 15 to 20 feet tall and about 20 feet wide with a rounded growth habit and deep pink spring flowers. Maroon red fruit about half an inch across follows and persists on the tree into winter, feeding birds. It wants full sun and 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 and powdery mildew, good resistance to rust and good to excellent 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 15 to 20 feet tall and about 20 feet wide with a rounded growth habit and deep pink spring flowers. Maroon red fruit about half an inch across follows and persists on the tree into winter, feeding birds. It wants full sun and 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 and powdery mildew, good resistance to rust and good to excellent resistance to fire blight.
- Flowers
- Deep pink flowers open in spring.
- Fruit
- Maroon red persistent fruit about half an inch in diameter.
- Pruning
- Prune in late winter or early spring to open the canopy to air and light and to remove unwanted branches.
