Description

Magnificent deep red buds open to fragrant pink flowers in abundance, along graceful weeping branches; volumes of crimson fruit emerge in late summer and are persistent throughout fall; purple new foliage matures to bronze-green in spring and summer

Landscape Attributes

Echtermeyer Weeping Crab Apple is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a rounded form and gracefully weeping branches. 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.

Echtermeyer Weeping Crab Apple is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Echtermeyer Weeping Crab Apple will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot 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 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.