Flowering Crabapple
Malus 'Orange Crush'
Rosaceae
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Source of plant
Bailey Nurseries, Klehm's Song Sparrow Perennial Farm
Description
Medium-sized spreading tree with rich dark purple-green leaves. Flowers bright orange-rose in bud opening to single, orange-crimson flowers that reach about 1.5" across. Fruit deep maroon, oblong, about 1/2" wide, very showy despite its dark color, persistent, often weighing the slender branches down. Disease resistant (420). The flowers certainly are a vivid dark reddish-purple but I don't see a hint of orange (MH).
USDA Hardiness Zone
4
Special characteristics
flower color, disease resistance