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Crabapple - Prairiefire
Crabapple - Prairiefire Flowering Crabapple with Year-Round Appeal The Prairefire is a deciduous flowering crabapple tree with ornamental features. It would look great as a single specimen tree, or planting several along your driveway would be a spectacular way to welcome guests. Your Prairiefire tree is one of the best crabapple cultivars available. It has a long bloom period and is disease resistant. When the other trees in your yard are leafing out in the usual green hues, your Prairiefire will display a unique show of purple leaves that later transform to a green with a reddish tint. Just when you think the fun is over, pink 1-inch flowers appear, their bloom sweeping over the entire tree in a hot pink flare of color. You’ll be amazed by how your yard will suddenly become a favorite for butterflies! When the flowers have gone, ½ inch dark red “apples” form that are similar to cherries in appearance. The fruits dangle from the tree into the winter months for birds and other wildlife to enjoy. In the autumn the leaves of your Prairiefire will close out the season by attaining an exquisite orange tint. The reddish bark of the crabapple is a lovely backdrop to the white snows and will continue to delight through the cold months of winter. The Prairiefire grows to 20 feet in height with an equal spread. It has upright growth with a rounded canopy at maturity. Even without its particular features, it’s a lovely landscape tree…but its year-round appeal makes it an outstanding choice for your yard. * Year-round interest * Wildlife appeal* Hardy
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Crabapple - Profusion - Sale Price: $114.25 Crabapple - Profusion, Malus 'Profusion', has an upright, weeping habit, and it is known for its abundance of deep red buds. These buds then open to a profusion of purplish-red flowers that fade to a purple-pink. The new foliage of this unique colorful tree is purple and fades to a bronze-green; the fruit is colorful too! The fruits are small, maroon-red and persistent. Being one of the most popular crabapples, ‘Profusion’ has good disease resistance and is extremely hardy. ‘Profusion’ crabapple does well out in the country as well as in urban areas. This lovely crabapple is unattractive to browsing deer and is not picky about soil types, making it easy to grow in any sunny location; plant it where you need a focal point all season long! |
| Crabapple Tree - Dolgo - Sale Price: $85.65 One of the best all purpose Crabapple Trees. The Dolgo Crabapple Tree (Malus Dolgo) is an enchanting, old-fashioned, crabapple tree. In early April the Dolgo Crabapple Tree sprouts soft pink buds that open to an explosion of white flowers. The thick blanket of deliciously fragrant blooms is a sure sign of the large harvest to come. Brilliant crimson fruits ripen in August and are about the size of small plums. Sweeter than other Crabapples the fruit is excellent for making pies, jellies, ciders and sauces. Your family and friends will also enjoy the delicious fruit eaten right off the tree. In fall the shiny deep-green foliage turns a stunning, bright yellow that is certain to brighten any landscape. The Dolgo Crabapple tree is a beautiful tree that evokes wonderful childhood memories for so many. Its juicy fruit is sure to attract birds and wildlife as well as friends and neighbors. It can also serve as a pollinator for other apple trees. * Cold hardy* Early fruiting* Heavy producer |
| Crabapple - Purple Prince - Sale Price: $92.75 Crabapple - Purple Prince, Malus 'Purple Prince', is an outstanding and colorful flowering crabapple, and probably the best purple foliaged crabapple for home gardeners! The purple bronze foliage and bright flowers rival any other crabapple. ‘Purple Prince’ does not suffer from stem splitting and is faster growing. It has a round shape and displays pink to purple flowers in the spring. The foliage emerges a purple bronze, and keeps its color well into the summer. ‘Purple Prince’ produces fruit that appears from summer through late December and is maroon, 3/8 and persistent. This crabapple trees is a hardy sources of shade, color and fruit. It is a popular addition to community landscaping, and is often seen in parks, gardens, home and school yards. Any pruning of ‘Purple Prince’ should be done before mid-June, before the flower buds form; pruning later than this will reduce the number of fruits and flower buds that develop the following season. |
| Crabapple - Red Splendor - Sale Price: $114.25 Four Season Beauty with No Mess! The Red Splendor Crabapple, Malus x 'Red Splendor', never causes a mess in your yard since there is no litter problem from its small red fruit because it never falls off the tree! Red Splendor produces single, rose-red expanding buds opening to pink to rose-pink flowers with bright red fruit on an upright habit. The pale rose pink blooms are 1 4/5” in diameter, and the reddish-green glossy foliage turns reddish purple in the fall. The cherry-sized, bright red fruit remains persistent into winter; falling leaves reveal the glorious color of the fruit. Red Splendor requires little pruning which should be done before June. Use this marvelous crabapple as a windbreak and for wildlife cover. Red Splendor thrives in acid soil, alkaline soil, and withstands dry and hot climates; more attractive if fed peat and compost. No tree creates a greater intrigue or visual impact during all four seasons than the flowering crabapple! |
| Crabapple - Snowdrift - Sale Price: $107.05 The Snowdrift Crabapple is a very profuse bloomer. A good pollinizer for medium to late blooming varieties. It has small to medium sized white flowers that attracts a lot of bees. Snow Drift Crabapple is a splendid tree and little pruning is required to develop a well-formed, rounded canopy. There appears to be little variation in shape among trees of this cultivar, a characteristic which is coveted by landscape architects. The bright white flowers in the spring give a refreshing look to the landscape and are followed by small, red-orange fruit eaten by birds. Fall color is good, providing a dull yellow glow for two or three weeks. It combines beauty with its great pollinizing chacteristics. |
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