Malus 'Prairefire'
Prairie Fire Crabapple
Description
Prairie Fire Crabapple has an upright spreading form that becomes rounded with age. The leaves emerge maroon-red and mature to a bronze-green. Crimson buds open to deep pink single flowers. The fruit is dark red and persistent. `Prairie Fire' has shown fair to poor fire blight resistance. Needs full sunlight. -Fort Collins Nursery
Sun
Full, Half
Water
Low, Medium, Extra in Summer
Growth Rate
Fast
Soil Type
Loam
Soil Condition
Average, Well-drained
Soil pH
Acid, Neutral
Adverse Factors
n/a
Group plants with similar water needs together so that some plants aren't over watered to meet the needs of their more thirsty neighbors.
Never include shrub and lawn areas in the same sprinkler zone.