Thunderchild Flowering Crab vs Amur Cherry - TreeTime.ca

Thunderchild Flowering Crab vs Amur Cherry

Malus x adstringens Thunderchild

Prunus maackii

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON - MIGHT RETURN

Thunderchild Flowering Crab
Amur Cherry

Thunderchild Flowering Crab is a hybrid crab apple known for its attractive and fragrant dark pink blossoms and deep purple mature leaves.

Tree farmers will find this hybrid appealing as a pollinator for other apples, while home growers will enjoy the red pome's ability to attract flocks of Cedar Waxwings in the early spring.

This species is reportedly resistant to fireblight.

Amur Cherry is a beautiful, fast-growing ornamental tree. It features attractive bronze/red bark that peels horizontally in strips.

This hardy tree bears white flowers in the spring, black fruit held in clusters in the late summer, and pointy leaves that turn yellow in the fall.

Thunderchild Flowering Crab Quick Facts

Amur Cherry Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Height: 12 m (39 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Spread: 9 m (30 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: low


Toxicity: toxic to horses, cattle, etc.)
Foliage: dark purple leaves
Fall colour: dark red
Fall colour: lemon yellow
Flowers: dark pink blossoms
Flowers: white, in spring
Fruit: small red pomes that hang through the winter
Berries: small red pomes that hang through the winter
Berries: black fruit
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: amur chokecherry