Prairie Fire Crabapple

Ever-Changing Beauty!

Rounded 15- to 20-ft. tree presents an all-season extravaganza! First, prolific, pinkish-red blooms. Next comes new purple-maroon foliage, that matures to reddish green. Fall brings a display of red, orange and purple—accompanied by glossy red fruit. Fruit persists into fall or winter and provides food for birds. Resistant to scab, rust, fire blight and Japanese beetles. NOTE: We are unable to ship our trees to PO Boxes at this time.

Product Details

Botanical Name: Malus 'Prairie Fire'
Height: 15 - 20 feet.
Spacing: 20 feet.
Depth: Plant so the roots are below soil level and water thoroughly.
Spread: 15 - 20 feet.
Light Required: Full sun.
Color: Intense pinkish-red blossoms.
Foliage: New leaves emerge purple and turn reddish-green as they mature.
Blooms: Spring, 5 - 7 days later than many crabapple varieties.
Fruit: Glossy dark red 1/2 inch fruit.
Zone: 4 - 9.

Form: Deciduous. Rounded crown, upright growth.
Flower Form: Typical crabapple blossoms.
Soil Requirements: Well-drained soil. Tolerates a fairly wide range of soil conditions.
Growth Rate: Medium to fast growth rate.
Pruning: Prune to remove suckers and watersprouts, prune as young trees to develop good branch structure.
Comments: Beauty for all seasons. Prolific flower production in the Spring. Blooms are very clear and bright, never muddy, new foilage is an attractive purple-maroon, becomes reddish-green and then red, orange and purple in the Fall. Red fruit is persistent into late Fall, even Winter- that is if the birds don't eat them by then. No littering problems, as birds relish the fruit and will eat it directly off the tree. RESTRICTED STATES, AE, AK, GU, HI, PR.

Shipping

Most times, orders having items with different shipping schedules are held in full until the entire order is ready to ship based on your grow zone.

Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping timeframes outlined below. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August.

2019 Spring Shipping Schedule
ZONE	Fruit Trees
1A-4A	4/1/19 - 6/21/19
4B	4/1/19 - 6/21/19
5A	3/18/19 - 6/21/19
5B	3/4/19 - 6/21/19
6A	3/4/19 - 6/21/19
6B	3/4/19 - 6/21/19
7A	2/11/19 - 6/21/19
7B	2/11/19 - 6/21/19
8A & B	2/11/19 - 6/21/19
9A & B	2/11/19 - 6/21/19
10A & B	2/11/19 - 6/21/19
Last Order Date	6/17/2019

Additional Shipping Notes:

The type of product you order or the weather in our area to yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule, shifting earlier or later, depending.

Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until full dormant for optimum stress protection.

In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to send your orders via the U.S. Postal Service or FedEx. Large orders or large items may be shipped to you in multiple packages.

Sorry, we cannot ship products to Hawaii, Alaska, APO/FPO or outside the contiguous United States. Please provide a street address as some products are unable to be delivered to Post Office boxes.