Crabapple Prairie Rose
Crabapple Prairie Rose
Large and fragrant double pink flowers look like miniature rosebuds. This selection of the Midwest native crabapple is welcomed for its fruitless character.
Category: Ornamental Tree
Botanical name: Malus ioensis ‘Prairie Rose’
Height: 20
Width: 18
Water requirements: Medium
Sunlight: Full sun
Lowest hardiness zone for growth: 4
Shape: rounded
Growth rate: Medium
Bloom time: May
Level of maintenance: Low
Potential diseases: There are a number of diseases that commonly occur on crabapples in home plantings. Scab, cedar-apple rust, and cedar-hawthorn rust are diseases that are usually encountered every year, whereas fire blight is an occasional problem.
Category: Ornamental Tree
Botanical name: Malus ioensis ‘Prairie Rose’
Height: 20
Width: 18
Water requirements: Medium
Sunlight: Full sun
Lowest hardiness zone for growth: 4
Shape: rounded
Growth rate: Medium
Bloom time: May
Level of maintenance: Low
Potential diseases: There are a number of diseases that commonly occur on crabapples in home plantings. Scab, cedar-apple rust, and cedar-hawthorn rust are diseases that are usually encountered every year, whereas fire blight is an occasional problem.