Flowering Crabapple

General 
Scientific Name: Malus hybrids 
Family: Rosaceae (Rose) 
Hardiness: Zone 3 
Leaves: Deciduous 
Plant Type: Tree 

Growth 
Rate: Medium 
Mature Height: 25-45’ 
Longevity: Long 
Power Line: No 

Ornamental 
Flowers: White to pink to red 
Fruit: Red to green, pea-sized to golf ball-sized 
Fall Color: Yellow

Ornamental crabapples are a group of small-to-medium flowering trees used for landscape plantings. They are valued for their foliage, flowers, fruit and variations in form and size. Fruits can be used in jellies.

Light: Full sun. 
Water: Medium. 
Soil: Prefers acidic soils, tolerates a wide variety.

Flowering crabapples are susceptible to fireblight, frogeye leaf spot and have varying susceptibility to apple scab. Listed is a small selection of a wide variety of hardy cultivars are available in multiple forms: 

• Centurion® - Rose-pink flowers. 
• ‘David’ - White flowers, red fruits. 
• ‘Hopa’ - South Dakota introduction. Old pink flowered, apple scab susceptible cultivar. 
• ‘Kelsey’, ‘Selkirk’, ‘Thunderchild’ - Canadian cultivars with rose-pink flowers. ‘Thunderchild’ has purple leaves and is disease resistant. 
• ‘Radiant’, ‘Red Splendor’ ‘Vanguard’ - Minnesota cultivars. All have pink to rose-pink flowers. 

• ‘Spring Snow’ - White flowers, no fruits, sterile.

  

  Photo Credit:

  Joseph Zeleznik, Ph.D., Extension Forester

  Flowering Crabapple
  

  Photo Credit:

  Joseph Zeleznik, Ph.D., Extension Forester

  Flowering Crabapple
  

  Photo Credit:

  Joseph Zeleznik, Ph.D., Extension Forester

  Flowering Crabapple