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Plant Habit: Tree
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 15-20 ft
Plant Spread: 15-20 ft
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Provides winter interest
Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Flowering Crabapple
  • Apple

Photo Gallery
Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Location: Barnards Farm, Essex, England
Date: 04/22/2009
photo by Claire Higgins via her web site: https://clairehiggins.c
Location: Dayton, Oh
Date: 5-2-18
Our 40 year old beauty. We cropped it way back to a lollipop shap
Location: Denver Metro, CO
Date: Spring 2007
Young Indian Summer Crabapple
Location: Riverton, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-09-11
Developing fruit.

Date: 2012-04-14
Location: Denver Metro, CO
Date: Spring 2007
Young \"clumping\" Indian Summer crabapple

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