| Description | Prairie Fire Crabapple (Malus) is a medium to large ornamental Crab with red to pink flowers followed by red fruit. |
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| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | buds red opening to pink to red |
| Fruit | dark red persistent fruit |
| Leaves | new leaves are maroon turning to dark green, golden to golden bronze in fall |
| Stems | dark red-brown bark with prominent lenticels |
| Dimensions | reaches 20 feet high by 20 feet spread |
| Maintenance | Very resistant to most problems, I have seen a small amount of scab. |
| Propagation | grafting |
| Cultivar Origin | Hybridized by Professor Dan Dayton of the University of Illinois Pomology Research Station. |
| Author's Notes | I have been growing this plant for over 20 years and it is one of my favorite flowering crabs. A real show stopper, lots of curb appeal. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, Beaver Creek Nursery web site, #274-Gardenia (www.gardenia.net) |
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