Plant Database
Royal Raindrops Flowering Crabapple
Malus ‘Royal Raindrops’
The Royal Raindrops Crabapple is a dazzling, cut-leaf variety that offers intense color and fine texture. Its vibrant magenta-pink flowers are followed by tiny, glossy red fruit and unique, deeply dissected purple foliage that blazes orange-red in fall. This disease-resistant tree provides a dynamic, long-season show and is perfectly sized for modern Bay Area gardens.
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Boasts vibrant magenta-pink flowers and distinctive, deeply cut, purple-tinged foliage that provides extraordinary texture and color all season long.
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Produces a prolific crop of tiny, glossy, bright red fruits that persist like jewels into winter, providing outstanding wildlife value and winter interest.
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Puts on a spectacular fall show, with its finely textured leaves turning brilliant shades of orange and red.
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Exhibits excellent resistance to apple scab, fire blight, and powdery mildew, ensuring the beautiful foliage remains healthy.
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Grows with a sturdy, upright-spreading habit, developing a strong structure that requires minimal corrective pruning.