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Can anybody identify this tree?
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Yellowdog88 none (
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Mon, Apr 2, 12 at 19:08
| My wife and I saw this beautiful tree in the Pittsburgh area in front of an Olive Garden of all places. We keep asking around and my best guess is that it's a yoshimo cherry tree. Can anybody confirm that, or be more specific as to exactly what kind it is? Thanks.
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| No, not a cherry. It's a crabapple. What variety, who knows, there are so many. |
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| I thought it was a crabapple, too, and then everybody told me it was a cherry. I wish I knew exactly what it was because I would love to plant one. |
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Tue, Apr 3, 12 at 1:40
| "Everybody" is wrong. Visit some local outlets to see what flowering crabapples they have in stock, maybe you will find the same kind, a similar one or another you like as well. |
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| For now, I've decided on a Prairie Fire in front and a Robinson in back. Also putting a weeping cherry and an October Glory maple in back. With 25' of double knockout roses, too. Should look nice when all done. |
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Tue, Apr 3, 12 at 14:04
| Based on comments about it elsewhere, including newer varieties being promoted as replacements for it the first crab you listed appears to have become obsoleted by disease issues. The second is a scab magnet in my area, although this may not be a problem in your area. Flowering crabapples are like hybrid rose bushes, if you are not aware of common disease problems, their behavior in your area with particular cultivars, and making special efforts to identify and plant resistant selections, you can easily end up with a specimen that is marred by consistently recurring infestations. |
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| FYI, flowering cherries typically do so prior to leaf out. Crab apples typically leaf first and then flower. |
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| This is what it looked like over a week ago if that helps. 
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| the first crab you listed appears to have become obsoleted by disease issues Really?? If referring to the 'Prairie Fire', that's news to me. And seems to be contradictory to just about any other source listing disease resistant crabs you can find. I'd be interested in what citations you have that supports this statement. |
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| I second what gardengal said, Prairie Fire is still accepted as one of the better resistant crabs and the prices at nurseries are still higher for this one. If you found literature to the contrary, it would be helpful to know about it. Thnx. |
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 4, 12 at 11:37
| In addition to comments I believer I may have seen made on GardenWeb (a search might turn any such remarks up) wholesale nurseries promote newer selections as replacements for it. A specimen I have of it here has not been particularly impressive, with a poorer summer aspect than a superior, modern variety should have. Flowering crabapples are like hybrid roses, there is a lot of disease pressure. Susceptibility definitely varies regionally and probably fairly often through time. With it being known that disease fungi are able to mutate rapidly it seems likely that particular strains have been able to overcome resistance of specific crabapples on more than one occasion. |
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