| Description | Pink Spires Ornamental Crabapple is an upright tree with pink flowers. |
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| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | dark lavender buds open to lavender, fade to a pale lavender |
| Fruit | persistant purple fruit. |
| Leaves | reddish in the spring, green during summer, copper in the fall |
| Dimensions | upright grower to 20 feet |
| Maintenance | Moderately to highly susceptible to scab, slightly to leaf spot and fire blight. |
| Propagation | grafting |
| Author's Notes | I have grown this plant for about ten years and the only problem was some leaf spot. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) |