Coralburst Flowering Crab

Categories: Ornamental Trees, Plants, Trees

Coralburst Flowering Crab (Malus ‘Coralburst’)One of the finest flowering crab selections, this is a dwarf variety featuring a froth of double coral-pink flowers in spring and reddish-orange fruit in fall; needs well-drained soil and full sun, the perfect focal point in a mixed garden composition

This is a persistent fruiting crabapple, which means that the small fruit stays on the branches throughout the winter and does not drop to the ground.

Persistent fruiting flowering crabs are a great option if you are looking for a low mess, ornamental tree with excellent spring color.

Tag: spring bloom

Characteristics

Average Landscape Height:

12 feet

Average Landscape Width:

10 feet

Growth Rate:

slow

Genus:

Malus

Cultivar:

Coralburst

Flower Color:

pink

Flower Period:

in mid spring

Summer Foliage Color:

dark green

Fall Color:

yellow

Minimum Light:

full sun

Maximum Light:

full sun

Minimum Moisture:

average

Maximum Moisture:

moist

Plant Form:

round

Canopy:

low

Pruning:

late winter pruning

Pollution Tolerance:

high

Other Species Names:

Flowering Crab, Roseybloom, Crabapple

Branching:

rounded

Density:

dense

Flower Bicolor:

shell pink

Flower Bud Color:

cherry red

Flower Fragrance:

high

Ornamental Features

Coralburst Flowering Crab is clothed in stunning clusters of fragrant rose flowers along the branches in mid spring, which emerge from distinctive coral-pink flower buds before the leaves. The fruits are showy tomato-orange pomes carried in abundance from early fall to late winter. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves turn yellow in fall.

Landscape Attributes

Coralburst Flowering Crab is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub 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.

Planting & Growing

Coralburst Flowering Crab will grow to be about 12 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 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 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.

Coralburst Flowering Crab

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Ornamental Features

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Planting & Growing

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