Dolgo Crab Apple vs Flowering Raspberry - TreeTime.ca

Dolgo Crab Apple vs Flowering Raspberry

Rubus odoratus

Malus x Dolgo

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Flowering Raspberry
Dolgo Crab Apple

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 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.

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Dolgo Crab Apple Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Height: 10 m (33 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Spread: 10 m (33 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: any
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Flowers: purple
Flowers: white
Bark: thornless orange
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Maintenance: high
Maintenance: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: none




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