Malus 'Prairifire'
Common name:
Prairifire Crabapple
Pronunciation:
MA-lus
Family:
Rosaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Deciduous tree, 20 ft (6 m) high and wide, somewhat open, glossy dark red-brown bark. Leaves alternate, simple, reddish maroon when new but maturing dark green. Flowers buds red and opening to single, clear, purplish-red flowers. Fruit dark red-purple, about 10 mm diam.
- Sun, not very disease susceptible. Developed by Dan Dayton, University of Illinois, introduced in 1962.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 4.
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