Prairi Fire Crab Apple is a beautiful rounded deciduous tree with heavy blooms of pinkish-red buds that open to deep pink-red flowers in spring.  New foliage emerges red and matures to dark green before turning orange for fall.  The flowers are followed by masses of berry sized purplish-red crab apples which mature in the fall.  Prairi Fire is extremely disease resistant.

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: Gibraltar Azalea, Oakleaf Hydrangea, Gardenia Radicans

IMAGES: Hardyplants at English Wikipedia, Crab apple flowers, marked as public domain, more details on Wikimedia Commons, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Malus Prairie Fire 0zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Malus x Prairie Fire 0zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Photo by rochelle hartman, Blooming crabapple