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Dolgo Crab Apple vs Flowering Raspberry

Malus x Dolgo

Rubus odoratus

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Dolgo Crab Apple
Flowering Raspberry

Dolgo Crab Apple is one of the hardiest species of crab apple.

This fruit tree accent tree combination is commonly used in urban landscapes.

Dolgo Crab Apple produces clusters of white flowers before its deep green foliage emerges. Its small apple-like fruit is great for jams and jellies.

The Flowering Raspberry is an ornamental shrubby plant that blooms with fragrant light purple flowers throughout the summer and has a large, decorative foliage of bright green leaves. The flowers resemble that of a wildrose, and the foliage turns a bright yellow in the fall. This cultivar produces small red raspberries, similar to that of a thimbleberry, but the fruit is mostly tasteless.

The Flowering Raspberry, also known as Virginia Raspberry or Purple-Flowered Raspberry, makes a great hedge plant and is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard.

Dolgo Crab Apple Quick Facts

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 10 m (33 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 10 m (33 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: any
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: high
Maintenance: medium
Maintenance: high


Bark: thornless orange
Flowers: white
Flowers: purple
Fruit: small apples
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: dolgo apple
Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry