Malus 'PROFUSION'

Malus 'PROFUSION'
crab apple

SIZE/TYPE	taller shrub
USUAL HEIGHT	2-5m
USUAL WIDTH	2-5m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	deep pink
BLOOMING TIME	April - May
LOCATION	full to partial sun
USDA zone (lowest)	4 (down to -34°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Deciduous broadleaf

Profusion crab apple is a hybrid, sometimes classified as malus x moerlandsii. It comes from the Netherlands.

Its main feature are dark purple-pink flowers that come out from mid to end spring in profusion. They are followed by small, spherical fruit of purplish-black colour and look like wild cherries. Leaves are mid green with bronze shades, up to 8 cm long, elliptic.

Crab apples are not picky about soil type or pH. It just has to be well-drained. If you want to maintain compact shape and smaller size of the plant prune it at the end of winter. Fully hardy to -34°C (USDA zone 4).

Last update 29-12-2008

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view item	form	pot	size	quality	price (incl. VAT)	where in stock	sending options	quantity
			girth 8-10 cm CZECH PRODUCT	STANDARD Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.		TO ORDER This item is from a nursery outside the garden centre. We will confirm availability after your order.	-
			girth 10-12 cm CZECH PRODUCT	STANDARD Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.		TO ORDER This item is from a nursery outside the garden centre. We will confirm availability after your order.	-

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GLOSSARY

STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.