2019 Catalog

55 FLOWERING CRABAPPLE TREES

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MALUS FLOWERING CRABAPPLE ADIRONDACK

PINK SPARKLES® Pink Sparkles® Crabapple is an exciting cross of 'Prairifire' and 'Red Jewel' Crabapples. Pink Sparkles® begins with soft pink flowers which leads into clean, disease free foliage and culminates in long lasting, vibrant red fruit. The size is a manageable 15' tall by 12' wide. The bright, cherry red fruit will last the entire winter and be effective even into spring. McKay Nursery Company is pleased to be the main nursery source for this wonderful mid-sized Crabapple. 15'x12' Zones 4-8 MAY PRAIRIFIRE

Grown for its profusion of red crabapples used for making jelly. Large growing, well-shaped tree with beautiful white flowers. Good disease resistance. 40'x25' Zones 2-7 MAY DONALD WYMAN

A small, upright selection. In late April, red flower buds open to large, waxy, pearl-white flowers. Excellent dark-green, disease resistant foliage. Small orange-red fruits persist all winter. 18'x6-8' Zones 4-7 APR CANDYMINT

An excellent disease resistant crabapple that is upright in youth, rounded in maturity. Glossy green foliage. Nice white flowers give way to small persistent red fruit. 20'x20' Zones 4-7 MAY M. sargenti 'Select A' FIREBIRD®

If you like RED, this one is for you. Red-maroon foliage matures to a dark-green with a purplish overcast. In fall, the foliage turns an excellent red-orange. Red-purple to crimson flower buds open to vivid red-purple, single flowers. ½" deep purple-red fruits persist all winter. A slow grower. Excellent disease resistance. A University of Illinois, Urbana introduction in 1982. 15'x15'-18' Zones 4-7 MAY PURPLE PRINCE

An outstanding selection of Sargent Crab with much the same low branched, irregular, spreading form. The lobed leaves emerge purplish and age to bronzy green. The carmine red flower buds open to single pink flowers outlined in red. The small ¼" purplish red fruits persist until the birds take them. Disease resistant. 8-10'x10' Zones 4-7 MAY CORALBURST® 'Coralcole'

Firebird Crabapple shows superior fruiting qualities. It has small, red fruit slightly less than ½" in diameter. Firebird Crabapple fruit remain hard and colorful late into the winter. Firebird Crabapple is a small-scale plant similar to its parent Malus sargentii, though a more compact version. It grows more upright than the species when young.Firebird has excellent resistance to apple scab and fireblight. 7'x9' Zones 4-7 MAY MARILEE® This cultivar has many interesting attributes. It has an upright form, pink buds that open to semi-double white flowers and very little fruit. Grows 25' tall but only 10' wide. 25'x10' Zones 4-8 MAY

A small, rounded tree with deep purple-green foliage and cherry-like bark. Carmine-red buds open to bright rose-red, single flowers. Purple-blue, ½" persistent fruit. Disease resistant. 20'x20' Zones 4-7 MAY

A neat, compact, rounded crab with tiny, dark green leaves. Ruby red flower buds open to a showy semi- double pink flower. The fruit is ½" and reddish orange. This plant is grafted on a 36"-42" standard to be used as an excellent accent. Size can be kept smaller with pruning, but the growth rate is so slow that it will rarely need to be pruned. Very hardy and disease free. 8'x10' Zones 3-7 MAY