Weeping “Candied Apple” Crabapple
Height: 10-15′
Flower: pink
Spread: 15′
Fruit: 3/4″, cherry-red
Shape: weeping, broadly horizontal to pendulous
Foliage: dark green, red overcast
A new and distinct variety of flowering Malus crab apple tree, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by an upright, semi-dwarf growth habit, an arching and weeping effect of the branches, attractive pinkish colored flowers and abundant bright dark red colored fruits that may hang all winter, and which has apparent resistance to diseases which are common to most Malus species.
This is a weeping, spreading deciduous tree. Leaves are dense, ovate, often lobed, dark green with a tint of red, up to 3 inches long. Red buds develop into pink flowers in spring. Fruit are persistent, glossy red, approximately the size of a cherry. Grows 15-25 feet tall and 10-20 feet wide
2:47 pm on February 16th, 2010
Tree Farm life in Western Colorado, today it is 40 degrees (the first time since October) and I am searching for signs of spring. The Weeping Candied Apple is majestic against the incredible blue sky. Its gracefully bending branches reaching for the snow covered ground. The bright red fruit of this tree has all been eaten by the ravenous birds searching for food this time of year. The buds show no signs of trying to push out just yet, the trees stay silent, waiting as I am……for spring.