Description

A distinctively narrow accent tree with showy deep pink flowers in spring emerging from red buds, and volumes of small, dark red fruit in late summer that is great for preserves; needs well-drained soil and full sun, excellent for smaller landscapes

Landscape Attributes

Colonnade Maypole Flowering Crab is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Colonnade Maypole Flowering Crab is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Colonnade Maypole Flowering Crab will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more. This variety requires a different selection of the same species growing nearby in order to set fruit.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.