Scott County, KY (Zone 5b) | February 2007 | positive
Brandywine™ crabapple is a highly fragrant double pink flowered crabapple. It was selected by the late Bob Simpson of Vincennes IN (fr...Read Moreom a cross between Malus x purpurea 'Lemoinei' and M. 'Klehm's Improved') and has been patented by Lake County Nursery under the name 'Branzam'.
The abundant flowers remind one of miniature heirloom damask roses. If there is any deficiency to this tree, it is the larger fruit (to 1") that drops early.
A specimen of this tree grows in the Dominion Arboretum, Ottawa, Canada. It blooms slightly later than the other flowering crabs in the c...Read Moreollection, mid-May this year, and stands out for its large, luminous shell-pink flowers. It is a small tree (this one was planted in 1994) and a little awkwardly shaped, but a dazzling beauty in bloom. It took my breath away.
I bought one of these trees and planted it in my yard. I was a pretty tree when in bloom. And then one morning I woke and something had a...Read Morete EVERY one of the leaves off of it. The fruit (which was not touched) looked like little balls dangling from a stick. I was so embarrassed by it that I went ahead and cut it down and planted something else.
Brandywine™ crabapple is a highly fragrant double pink flowered crabapple. It was selected by the late Bob Simpson of Vincennes IN (fr...Read More
I have Malus Scarlet Brandywine. I love it. The flowers are a deeper red. Although it is only 2 years old it is heavy with blooms.
A specimen of this tree grows in the Dominion Arboretum, Ottawa, Canada. It blooms slightly later than the other flowering crabs in the c...Read More
I bought one of these trees and planted it in my yard. I was a pretty tree when in bloom. And then one morning I woke and something had a...Read More
these are purple! purple is uuuuggggllllyyyy
and they dont even change color in fall this tree is atrocious!