Mature growing size, form, and flowering color are probably the main characteristics when choosing a flowering crab for your landscape. And like apple trees, they prefer a sunny location. Some of the flowering crabs have fruit that persists- that means the fruit stays on the trees well into the winter months. This gives the birds a chance to devour the fruit throughout a longer period of time. With fruit color from yellow, orange blush to red, they stand out in the winter months after losing their leaves in the Fall. At this time ‘Spring Snow’ is the only variety that I know of that flowers (white) and does not produce fruit.
Some of the varieties that we typically carry are Sargent Flowering Crab (white flower), Sargentina (grafted Sargent w/ white flowers), Red Jewell Flowering Crab (white flower),) and Prairie Fire Flowering Crab (bright pink), Coral Burst (red), and Thunderchild (rose red flowers w/ purple leaves).
Dorian