Zumi Crabapple is a beautiful flowering deciduous tree with a rounded crown that produces small bright red fruit from fall into early winter.  Its oval foliage turns yellow in fall.  The soft pink buds open to sweetly fragrant white flower clusters in spring attracting butterflies and hummingbirds.  The small red apples are edible fresh but best used for jellies.  Best fruiting in full sun with deep, slightly acidic, well-drained soil. 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance. Regular water in first year, planted in well draining soil, fertilize yearly.  Watch for scab, fire blight, rusts, leaf spot and powdery mildew. Potential pests include tent caterpillars, aphids, Japanese beetles, borers and scale. Spider mites may occur.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Wildlife Gardens, Shade Tree, Edible Garden, and Container.

COMPANION PLANTS: Apple, Shasta Daisy, Bugleweed

IMAGES: Photoset by Plant Image Library, Malus x zumi var. calocarpa (Redbud Crab Apple) (1),(2)+(3), (2) Andrey Zharkikh, 2011.10.03_16.37.48_CIMG6513

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.