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Autumn Blooming Cherry
The leaves cast light shade below the spreading canopy, and turn attractive fall colors of yellow and bronze before dropping. It also has nice winter interest with its attractive bark. The one to four-inch-long dark green leaves are later joined by the appearance of small, black berries. The Autumnalis is used for highways, buffers, patio plant specimens, and small yards. The Autumnalis Cherry, 'Prunus subhirtella "Autumnalis", also known as Autumn Blooming Higan cherry, produces beautiful pink blossoms in early spring. The cultivar 'Autumnalis' has semi-double flowers with 10 petals instead of the normal five. 'Autumnalis' sometimes blooms sporadically in August, but still puts on its main show in spring. ... more info
S.E. Wild Crabapple It has fragrant pink flowers in the spring and small green crabapples in fall. The Southern Crabapple tree, Malus angustifolia, also called a wild crabapple or narrowleaf crabapple, is a small tree. Its flowers have deep pink buds that open lighter pink, then eventually fade to white. In fall the leaves turn many shades of red, orange and gold. This deciduous tree grows fast and reaches a height of 30/35 ft. Small apples provide food for wildlife. Its fall foliage is attractive. |
