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Prairiefire crabapple is considered one of the best of the scab resistant crabapple cultivars in the nursery trade. It has purple new foliage, clear red-pink flowers, and abundant dark red fruit.
Morphology:
This deciduous tree grows to a mature height of 20’ with a spread. It bears purple leaves in the spring which later turn to reddish green as they mature. The leaves are arranged alternately, and are simple.
In May flowers form all over the tree. They have a pinkish red color and are 1.5” in diameter. The flowers keep their wonderful color all through the blooming period.
Flowers give rise to dark-red fruit which are .5” in diameter. The fruit hang on the tree during the fall and winter providing food that larger song-birds greatly enjoy.
During the long days of winter the reddish-brown bark of a Prairiefire crabapple resembles that of a stone fruit tree.