Description

A beautiful and hardy cultivar with an nice rounded habit, covered in deep rose-red blooms in spring; fruit is cherry-red, small and persistent and adds ornamental value for fall and winter; beautiful yellow tones greet you in the fall

Landscape Attributes

American Spirit Flowering Crab is a dense deciduous tree with a more or less rounded form. 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.

American Spirit Flowering Crab is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

American Spirit Flowering Crab will grow to be about 18 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 18 feet. 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 tree 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.