Red Jade Weeping Crabapple Tree

The Red Jade Crabapple is a weeping crabapple that produces deep pink buds and beautiful single white flowers. It also produces glossy bright red fruit that is great for wildlife. Description: The Red Jade Crabapple will grow to be about 10′ tall with a spread of 15′. It grows in full sun and is very adaptable with soil types but it does need to be well-drained. This crab has medium green foliage. The buds on this tree are a deep pink and then they produces single white flowers. The fruit is a bright glossy red and is very abundant. This fruit is well liked by wildlife. Within the large Malus genus, which also includes the species grown for large table apples, there are more than 30 species that feature smaller tart fruits and magnificent flowers. These are the flowering crabapples, of which there are many dozens of named cultivars. Many of these are grafted types, produced by joining the branch cuttings of more ornamental species onto rootstocks of hardier Malus species. These small to medium-sized trees are extremely popular for their fragrant, delicate spring blossoms. Crabapple trees are normally planted from potted nursery specimens in the fall. They have a moderate growth rate of 12 to 24 inches per year, and a 5-gallon potted tree may take three to five years or even longer before it flowers heavily. Like all apples, crabapples have seeds with trace amounts of amygdalin, a substance that breaks down into cyanide. However, large numbers of seeds must be chewed and swallowed to have a serious impact. Since crabapples are generally sour and unpalatable to humans, there is little chance that many seeds will be digested.