Plumleaf Crabapple, Pearleaf Crapapple

This wide-spreading small tree is native to China and is used as a root stock source for grafting crabapple cultivars. It has escaped cul...Read Moretivation in some areas of the US in the East, Midwest, and Northwest. It bears red or yellow fruit that is about one inch wide. The similar Siberian Crabapple bears fruit only about 3/8th to 1/2 of an inch wide. The similar 'Dolgo' Crabapple bears purplish red fruit about
1 and 1/4" wide. The flowers are about 1 1/2" wide, white or pinkish white, and fragrant. It is susceptible to Scab disease.

I love Crabapple trees when they bloom, and I don't even mind too much when they drop their fruit.

This species has long-l...Read Moreasting clusters of fruit, making it one of the prettier Crabapples, in my opinion.