Ruby Tears Crabapple Tree

Naturally weeping form similar to louisa and burgundy green foliage much like prairifire.

Ruby tears crabapple tree.

The architectural branch patterns and attractive bark of crabapples create. The ruby tears tree has small burgundy tinted foliage with pink flowers. Pink flowers cover the pendulous branches each spring on this graceful small tree. The green canopy is brightened in the fall with yellow orange red or maroon fruit.

The burgundy tinted foliage add contrast and color all season long. A seedling found at beverly nursery in indiana. This smaller more confined weeping crabapple selection is proof that big landscape presence can come in smaller packages. Petite in size and graceful in form this small unique ornamental tree fits in any landscape.

Crabapple trees in bloom are a dramatic feature of spring. Their appeal is not limited to the flowers. New growth leaves are shades of orange and yellow with a tinge of red that mature to lime green. Ruby tears flowering crab is a dense deciduous dwarf tree with a strong central leader and a rounded form and gracefully weeping branches.

Attractive dark red fruit. It produces small dark red fruit in the fall. 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. Smaller grower than the species this tree is a spectacular hardy spring bloomer with showy orchid pink pea like flowers early to mid spring.

Topping out at a mere 10 with a slightly wider spread ruby tears sports pools of luminous pink blossoms in early may backed by colorful foliage on naturally weeping pendulous branches. The blossom color varies from white and every shade of pink to deep rose reds. Each spring the pendulous branches are covered with pink blossoms followed by small dark red fruit in summer. Fall color is golden yellow.