Scarlet Brandywine Flowering Crab
Description
Striking magenta-pink fragrant flowers that look like little roses covering this tree are a breathtaking sight in spring; incredible contrast with dark maroon leaves; small orange fruits like little pumpkins add ornamental interest in the fall and winter
Landscape Attributes
Scarlet Brandywine Flowering Crab is a deciduous tree with an upright spreading habit of growth. 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.
Scarlet Brandywine Flowering Crab is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Planting & Growing
Scarlet Brandywine Flowering Crab will grow to be about 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 3 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.