A small ornamental Crab with red buds opening to pinkish-white flowers.
Plant Type
All Plants, Trees Deciduous
Hardiness Zone
5
Sunlight
full
Moisture
full
Soil & Site
aveage
Growing Media
average
Flowers
red buds, pinkish white flowers
Fruit
2.25 fruit, green with purplish red cheeks
Propagation
grafting
Cultivar Origin
Introduced in 1885 by F. Rathke of Poland. In the USA by 1896. Probably no longer in commerce. (#93)
Notes & Reference
#01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #102-Flowering Crabs The Genus Malus (John Fiala), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson)