| Description | Red Jade Ornamental Crabapple (Malus) was one of the first weeping Ornamental Crabapples. Has white flowers and red fruit. |
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| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | single, white, white pink tinged buds |
| Fruit | bright red pomes (apple), persistent, .5 inches, maybe alternate in bearing (#245) |
| Leaves | glossy green |
| Dimensions | 10-12 by 20 feet (HS) |
| Maintenance | Disease resistance: scab (poor), fireblight (fair), rust (fair), mildew (fair) (#178) |
| Propagation | grafting |
| Cultivar Origin | Originated as a chance seedling in 1935. Introduced in 1953 at the Brooklyn Botanical gardens, Brooklyn New York USA |
| Notes & Reference | #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #102-Flowering Crabs The Genus Malus (John Fiala), #178-Morton Arboretum ( www.mortonarb.org), #245-Trees for American Gardens (Donald Wyman) |
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