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Centurion Crabapple
Malus x 'Centzan'
The Centurion Crabapple adds a delightful flush of spring color to your yard. This tree features extremely cold-hardy flower buds that burst open in the early spring to produce masses of rose-red blossoms. Then bright, cherry-red crabapples makes their appearance in the fall — much to the delight of area birds
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The Centurion crabapple tree is one of the most cold-hardy of the flowering crabapple trees. The reddish-green spring foliage matures to a bronze-green as the summer progresses. The rich rose-red flowers mature to cherry-red fruit. The easy to grow tree grows to be around 20 to 25 feet tall x 20 feet wide at maturity. Birds are attracted to the bright red fruit and will visit the tree through the early fall and winter.
Profusion Crabapple Tree Highlights
- The most heat, humidity, and drought tolerant flowering crabapple
- Mid spring bloomer with beautiful Red blossoms that cover the branches
- Cherry-red crabapples in summer and fall
- Amber, yellow and orange fall color
- Good disease resistance
- Drought-tolerant once established
| Hardiness Zone: | 4-8 |
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| Mature Height: | 20 to 25 feet |
| Mature Width: | 15 to 20 feet |
| Classification: | Broad Leaved deciduous tree, Spring flowering |
| Sunlight: | Full Sun |
| Habit: | Upright, umbrella shaped canopy |
| Foliage: | Bronze Green, brilliant bronze-orange fall color |
| Flower Color: | Red, Very floriferous |
| Pruning Season: | No pruning needed |
| Soil Condition: | Any well drained soil |
| Water Requirements: | Water well until established |
| Uses: | Tolerates moist soil and full sun. Full sun brings out the best fall color. Will adapt to drier sites |
How to Care for Centurion Crabapple
Be sure to read our planting instructions to ensure a healthy and happy plant for years to come!
Step 1: Planting
Remove a container-grown Crabapple tree carefully from its pot and, if your tree's roots are balled and wrapped, carefully remove the wrapping. Water a container-grown or balled tree well before you begin, because this helps keep soil in place around the roots. Place the tree in a pre-dug hole that's at least 1 foot wider in diameter than its roots, ensuring that you plant the tree at the same depth as it was earlier. Backfill the hole with soil amended with compost and water the tree well, ensuring that there are no air pockets around its roots. We highly recommend that you mulch your Crabapple tree with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability. Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide better nutrition overall as they breakdown. Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. A 2 to 3 inch layer of mulch is sufficient but remember to take care not to cover any part of the stem of the plant with mulch. Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or trunk of the plant.
Step 2: Fertilize
Trees such as Centurion Crabapple grow best if they are fertilized lightly in the spring once frost has passed with a well-balanced, extended-release, fertilizer such as espoma Tree-tone. Fertilize Crabapples again 6 to 8 weeks later to encourage denser foliage or faster growth of young trees. We recommend Bio-Tone fertilizer when planting. Either chemical fertilizers or organic matter can be used successfully with Crabapple Tree.
Step 3: Water
Once the tree is planted, it's critical to give it adequate water to help its roots recover and send out new sprouts. Water the tree every 3 days for the first few weeks, then water weekly, aiming for at least 1 inch of water each week. If you plant your tree when weather is warm, it's a good idea to check the soil under the tree every few days to ensure it never becomes completely dry.
