Other Names:  Roseybloom, Crabapple

Description:

A wonderful ornamental tree with highly fragrant white flowers in spring followed by persistent bright red fruit in fall, broadly upright habit of growth; makes a great feature tree for larger landscapes, needs well-drained soil and full sun

Ornamental Features

Jackii Siberian Crab Apple is draped in stunning clusters of fragrant white flowers along the branches in mid spring, which emerge from distinctive shell pink flower buds before the leaves. The fruits are showy dark red apples with hints of purple, which are carried in abundance from early to mid fall. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves turn yellow in fall.

This plant is primarily grown as an ornamental, but it's also valued for its edible qualities. The small round tart apples are most often used in the following ways:

• Preserves

Landscape Attributes

Jackii Siberian Crab Apple is a deciduous tree with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This tree will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Jackii Siberian Crab Apple is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Shade

Planting & Growing

Jackii Siberian Crab Apple will grow to be about 25 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 25 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 5 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more. This variety requires a different selection of the same species growing nearby in order to set fruit.

This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.