Thunderchild Flowering Crab vs Western Mountain Ash - TreeTime.ca

Thunderchild Flowering Crab vs Western Mountain Ash

Sorbus scopulina

Malus x adstringens Thunderchild

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(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

Western Mountain Ash
Thunderchild Flowering Crab

Western Mountain Ash is a popular ornamental tree native to the western part of North America. Its attractive, white clusters of flowers bloom in early summer, making way for red, yellow or orange fruit in the fall. If the fruit doesn't catch your eye, Western Mountain Ash's autumn colours will capture your–and the birds's–attention.

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.

Western Mountain Ash Quick Facts

Thunderchild Flowering Crab Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 9 m (30 ft)
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


Foliage: dark purple leaves
Fall colour: dark red
Flowers: white
Flowers: dark pink blossoms
Fruit: small red pomes that hang through the winter
Berries: bunches of orange-red berries appear in late summer
Berries: small red pomes that hang through the winter
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: cascade mountain ash, greene mountain ash