Crimson Cascade crab-apple
Malus x purpurea
A new weeping crab-apple with dusky pink blossom and small dark red fruitlets.
Crimson Cascade crab-apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Crimson Cascade
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Origins
- Species: Malus species - Crab-apple
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Crimson
- Leaf colour: Bronze
- Flowering month: April
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Light copper
- Flower size: Medium
- Fruit size: Small
- Leaf colour - autumn: Bronze / Purple
- Fruit shape: Round
- Leaf/Flower sequence: Leaves and Flowers appear together
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Persistent
- Food uses: Not suitable for humans
- Picking month: October
- Wildlife: Attractive to birds
- Garden type: Small town garden
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Poor
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Attractive features: Attractive tree / plant
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Growth rate: Average
- Attractive features: Attractive foliage
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Useful for: Small gardens
- Useful for: Specimen planting
- Pruning: No need to prune
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 7 (-18C)
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Crimson Cascade crab-apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Crimson Cascade crab-apple trees - Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Crimson Cascade crab-apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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