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Rejoice Flowering Crab

Malus 'Rejzam'

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Rejoice Flowering Crab (Malus 'Rejzam') at Applewood Nursery

Rejoice Flowering Crab in bloom

Rejoice Flowering Crab in bloom

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Rejoice Flowering Crab (Malus 'Rejzam') at Applewood Nursery

Rejoice Flowering Crab flowers

Rejoice Flowering Crab flowers

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Rejoice Flowering Crab (Malus 'Rejzam') at Applewood Nursery

Rejoice Flowering Crab

Rejoice Flowering Crab

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Height:  20 feet

Spread:  20 feet

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  4

Other Names:  Roseybloom, Crabapple

Description:

A stunning tree with showy rose pink semi-double flowers in spring and burgundy fruit in fall; an upright, rounded habit of growth with interesting summer foliage with a burgundy cast; best used as a solitary, needs well-drained soil and full sun

Ornamental Features

Rejoice Flowering Crab is blanketed in stunning clusters of fragrant rose flowers with pink overtones along the branches in mid spring before the leaves. The fruits are showy burgundy pomes carried in abundance from early to mid fall. It has burgundy-variegated dark green foliage. The pointy leaves turn gold in fall.

Landscape Attributes

Rejoice Flowering Crab is a deciduous tree with a more or less rounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This tree will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Rejoice Flowering Crab is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Accent
  • Shade
  • General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Rejoice Flowering Crab will grow to be about 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 3 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more.

This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Accent  Shade  Garden 
Applications
Flowers  Fruit 
Ornamental Features