Serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.) has white flowers in spring, followed by edible red fruits in early summer, which the birds devour, and many selections have excellent yellow or orange fall color. There are numerous other crabapple cultivars that have outstanding flowers and fruit, but not particularly great fall color, such as ‘Sugar Tyme’ (white flowers, red fruit), ‘Bob White’ (white flowers, yellow fruit), ‘Donald Wyman’ (white flowers, bright red fruit), and ‘Red Jewel’ (white flowers, red fruit). I suggest these additional ideas for small trees with multi-season interest.Ĭrabapple ‘Royal Raindrops’ has burgundy-red spring blossoms, red-purple fruit in summer through mid-autumn, lovely cut-leaf foliage that emerges deep red in spring changing to green in summer and orange-red in fall. Washington hawthorn has white flowers in spring, good fall color and glossy red fruit that persist well into winter. The crabapple ‘Prairiefire’ might come pretty close - it has coral-red flowers in spring with red-tinged green foliage, purple-red fruits in summer that persist through the late autumn, speckled bark and interesting red-purple fall color. I can think of several that would hit three of your four criteria, but I am hard pressed to come up with a recommendation that meets all four. Recommending a specific tree for someone else is a bit like recommending what model cell phone to buy - so much of this choice is about personal preferences, budget, etc. Is there some fertilizer I can put on it?Ī. I’m not sure what kind of decorative tree we have in the front yard, but it’s been there about 10 years, and this year the leaves and berries seemed very sparse. Can I still plant this tree in December? Will it need watered?Īlso, one more question please. I live in Fort Wayne, and the soil is a lot of clay. I’m looking for a tree about 20 foot tall for the corner in the backyard that will be decorative all four seasons: flowers in the spring, pretty green foliage in the summer, colorful foliage in the fall and berries in the winter.
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