Description
Malus ‘Durleo’
Zone: 2
Exposure: Full Sun
Mature Size: 20′ high x 8′ wide
Tree Form: Oval, narrow
Canopy: Dense to open
Growth Rate: Moderate
Special Features: Pink flowers, Fireblight disease resistance
Fall Color: Purple
Description: This is a very hardy, narrowly upright to columnar ornamental tree with showy pink flowers followed by smallish purple fruit and rich burgundy-purple leaves all season.
Ornamental Features: Fragrant pink flowers emerge before the leaves. Deep purple foliage which emerges burgundy in spring. Leaves turn yellow in fall. Fruits are purple pomes.
Landscape Attributes: Has a high resistance to disease and looks lush all growing season long. Is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Great columnar crabapple for use in landscape screening or accent.
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