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Outstanding Features:
Purple new foliage, good clear red-pink flowers,
and dark red fruit.
Description:
Height: 15-20'
Width: 15-20'
Hardiness Zone: 4b
Prairifire Crabapple has a rounded crown. New
leaves emerge purple and turn reddish green as they mature. Flowers
are a pinkish red color. The glossy dark red fruit are very vivid
when reflecting sun. Fruit are 3/8 - 1/2" in diameter and are
quite persistent. Bark is dark reddish-brown and attractive in winter.
Requirements and Culture:
Information provided for the species applies. Requires full sun, tolerant to a fairly wide range of soil conditions. Prune to remove suckers and watersprouts. Prune as young trees to develop good branch structure.
Limitations:
Very resistant to scab, cedar-apple rust, fireblight and mildew.
Photo Credit: 1 E. Hasselkus; 2 Bailey Nurseries, Inc.; 3 MLA.
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States Power Company
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PRAIRIFIRE CRABAPPLE Malus 'Prairifire'