Description

Bright red buds produce abundant showy white flowers with a blush of pink in spring, followed by small yellow-orange fruits and amazing red fall color; an exemplary ornamental feature for the garden border; needs well-drained soil and full sun

Landscape Attributes

Satin Cloud Flowering Crab is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a mounded 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.

Satin Cloud Flowering Crab is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Satin Cloud Flowering Crab will grow to be about 12 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.