One of the earliest to bloom every spring. Lavender buds and very light pink single blossoms. The bees love it! Years ago the late Roger Luce, Maine’s great crabapple authority, described it to me as “so fragrant, it sounds like there’s a beehive in it.” Of the small purplish-red persistent fruit, he added, “Birds love the fruit. They clean it.”

Maroon foliage turns green-bronze in summer. Medium-sized narrow upright tree spreads with age. Fair to good disease resistance. Z4. (Semi-dwarf: 3-6' bare-root trees)

Items from our perennial plants warehouse ordered on or before March 7 will ship around March 31 through late April, starting with warmer areas and finishing in colder areas. Orders placed after March 7 will ship around late April through early-to-mid May, in the order in which they were received.