Crabapple identification

[honeycomb]

If anyone can help me identify this particular crabapple, I would appreciate it. I have researched online and can't find a picture resembling it. I wish I would have taken a photo of it when it was in bloom.--

A neighbor on my street has the most beautiful crabapple growing in his front yard. I asked him what kind it is, and he said he doesn't remember what it is. ("Uh-huh", I said to myself....he likely just doesn't want me to know.)

I believe it's an ornamental. It's only 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide with a very thin trunk, and it looks like a weeping tree.

What is so striking about this tree is its fruit and its blossoms. In the spring the blossoms are light shell pink, and they are so numerous and so fragile, that when in bloom the tree looks like a pink mist. You can't even see the limbs or the shape of the limbs- it looks like a huge cloud of cotton candy stuck on a thin trunk.

The fruit is just as pretty. In late summer the crabapples are numerous and shiny, scarlet red. Against the dark green leaves those luminescent crabapples really stand out.

I would love to know the species of this tree. My mother-in-law is wanting to plant one in her yard. She lives in zone 5a (I live in 6b), but I wouldn't think that would matter that much. I would love to surprise her with one.

Any information would be appreciated.

[Newt]

Hi Honeycomb,

There are two weeping types that come to mind. One is 'Callaway' crabapple - Malus 'Callaway' and the other is Redbud crabapple - Malus x zumi 'Calocarpa'. There are others, but the ones I find either have white blooms or yellow fruit or both.
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/trees/MALXA.pdf

Redbud crabapple - Malus x zumi 'Calocarpa' whose tips are supposed to weep and it blooms before it has leaves.
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/trees/MALZUMA.pdf

You could look through this
http://www.midwestlandscapeplants.or...?speciesid=687
or contact :
Ornamental Crabapple Society
Morton Arboretum
Lisle, Illinois 60532

I hope you can find it.
Newt

[honeycomb]

Hi Newt,

I tried all the links you gave me but I didn't really find any crabapple that seemed to be the right one. (However, many I saw were indeed stunning.)

I'm going to contact the Ornamental Crabapple Society next. I have a good feeling that they may know what this particular species is. I never knew there was such a society until I read your response!

I want to thank you so much for the links and for all the research you do to answer my questions. I believe you have answered every question I have ever asked on this forum, and your responses are very informative. I truly appreciate your consideration, your time, and your effort. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[Newt]

Hi Honeycomb,

I'm so glad that you find the links and information helpful. Sorry I haven't written sooner, but I've been in the hospital and just got home tonight. They had to take out my gall baldder! Gosh, what pain!!!

Do let me know if you find it as I'd love to know the outcome for you. I may be clearheaded enough to come up with something else in a few days.

Good luck,
Newt