| Description | A medium to large, Ornamental Crab with red (carmine) buds opening to pink flowers that fade to white. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | red buds, open to pink , fade to white |
| Fruit | yellow, sparse, not much ornamental value |
| Dimensions | 15-18 feet tall,to 25 spread |
| Maintenance | has good to fair disease resistance |
| Propagation | grafting |
| Cultivar Origin | Originated at the Arnold Arboretum before 1889. (M. hallianax M. toring) |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Red Japanese Crab Apple |
| 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) |