Description

A beautiful ornamental by all accounts with its wide-spreading horizontal branching, sweet pink flowers, deep purple fruit which persist into winter, and showy rich purple leaves; excellent choice for a garden accent

Landscape Attributes

Candymint Flowering Crab is a spreading deciduous shrub with a stunning habit of growth which features almost oriental horizontally-tiered branches. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.

Candymint Flowering Crab is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Candymint Flowering Crab will grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 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 40 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 is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.