Family: Rosaceae

Common Name: Elsie Rathke Ornamental Crab

DescriptionA small ornamental Crab with red buds opening to pinkish-white flowers.
Plant TypeAll Plants, Trees Deciduous
Hardiness Zone5
Sunlightfull
Moisturefull
Soil & Siteaveage
Growing Mediaaverage
Flowersred buds, pinkish white flowers
Fruit2.25 fruit, green with purplish red cheeks
Propagationgrafting
Cultivar OriginIntroduced in 1885 by F. Rathke of Poland. In the USA by 1896. Probably no longer in commerce. (#93)
Notes & Reference#01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #102-Flowering Crabs The Genus Malus (John Fiala), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson)
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