Tips & Information about Crabapple

A bowl of fresh crabapples, a dish of preserved crabapples, and an open jar of crabapples in syrup

Crabapples Recipe Ideas To Add To Your Thanksgiving Menu

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Crabapple preserves make a delightfully tart treat. Learn here how to make a simple crabapple jelly.

Weeping Crabapple Pruning – Tips For Trimming A Weeping Crabapple

By Teo Spengler

Trimming a weeping crabapple is essential to keeping it healthy and blooming. If you are wondering how to prune a weeping crabapple, read on for info and tips.

Crabapple Feeding Requirements: Learn How To Fertilize A Crabapple Tree

By Mary Ellen Ellis

Flowering crabapple is a popular ornamental tree that many people choose for landscaping for the attractive shape, spring flowers, and low-maintenance needs. Despite its hands-off nature, feeding a crabapple may be necessary to promote growth and health. Learn more here.

Ralph Shay Crabapple Care: Growing A Ralph Shay Crabapple Tree

By Mary H. Dyer, Credentialed Garden Writer

Ralph Shay crabapple trees are mid-sized trees with dark green leaves and an attractive rounded shape. These crabapples are on the large side and are suitable for growing in USDA plant hardiness zones 4 through 8. Click this article to learn more about them.

Royal Raindrops Crabapples – Learn About Growing A Royal Raindrops Tree

By Mary H. Dyer, Credentialed Garden Writer

Royal Raindrops flowering crabapple is a newer crabapple variety with bold pinkish-red flowers in spring and dark green leaves that turn a bright coppery red in autumn. Interested in growing a royal raindrops tree in your garden? Click here for more information.

Adams Crabapple As A Pollinizer: Tips For Growing An Adams Crabapple Tree

By Amy Grant

Beautiful the tree may be, but there is another important reason for growing an Adams crabapple; it is a great choice for pollinating other varieties of apple. Click here to find out how to grow an Adams crabapple and information about Adams crabapple care.

Spring Snow Crabapple Care: How To Grow A Spring Snow Crabapple Tree

By Teo Spengler

If you are looking for a fruitless crabapple tree, you might want to think about growing "Spring Snow" crabapples. Click on the article that follows for tips on how to grow a "Spring Snow" crabapple and other information.

Camzam Apple Info: Learn About Camelot Crabapple Trees

By Amy Grant

Even if you lack a large garden space, you can still grow one of the many dwarf fruit trees such as the Camelot crabapple tree. Find out how to grow a Camelot crabapple and other Camzam apple info related to Camelot crabapple care in this article.

Prairifire Crabapple Information : Learn About Growing Prairifire Trees

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Prairifire is a flowering crabapple with high disease resistance, ease of care and several seasons of beauty. The tree is outstanding as an ornamental specimen in the landscape and the fruits of the tree are important food for wild animals and birds. Learn more here.

Growing Flowering Crabapples: Learn About Louisa Crabapple Trees

By Mary Ellen Ellis

Louisa crabapple trees make excellent choices for a variety of gardens. Even as far as zone 4, you can enjoy this pretty weeping ornamental and watch lovely, soft pink flowers bloom every spring. Learn more about this tree in the article that follows.

Transplanting Crabapples: How To Transplant A Crabapple Tree

By Mary H. Dyer, Credentialed Garden Writer

Moving a crabapple tree isn't easy and there are no guarantees of success. However, transplanting crabapples is certainly possible, especially if the tree is still relatively young and small. If you're determined to give it a try, click here for tips.

Crabapple Pruning Info: When And How To Prune Crabapples

By Mary Ellen Ellis

Crabapple trees are pretty easy to maintain and don?t require vigorous pruning. The most important reasons to prune are to maintain the tree?s shape, to remove dead branches, and to treat or prevent the spread of disease. This article provides additional information.

Are Crabapples Edible: Learn About The Fruit Of Crabapple Trees

By Liz Baessler

Who among us hasn't been told at least once not to eat crabapples? Because of their frequently bad taste and small amounts of cyanide in the seeds, it's a common misconception that crabapples are toxic. Learn more about eating crabapples in this article.

Fruit On A Crabapple – Do Crabapple Trees Produce Fruit

By Mary Ellen Ellis

Home gardeners usually select crabapple trees to complement the landscape with a compact tree, for flowers or for pretty foliage, but like other ornamental trees, crabapple fruit will appear in the right season. Click this article to learn more.

Crabapple Trees For Landscapes: A Guide To Common Crabapple Varieties

By Mary H. Dyer, Credentialed Garden Writer

Picking a crabapple tree is a bit of a challenge because this versatile tree is available in a tremendous range of flower color, leaf color, fruit color, size, and shape. Click this article to learn about choosing crabapple trees for landscapes.

Crabapple Not Blooming – Learn Why A Flowering Crabapple Has No Flowers

By Mary H. Dyer, Credentialed Garden Writer

When a flowering crabapple has no flowers, it can be a huge disappointment. There are several possible reasons for a crabapple not blooming, some simple and some more involved. This article will help with tips on troubleshooting flowering crabapple problems.

Flowering Crabapple Trees: Learn How To Plant A Crabapple Tree

By Jackie Carroll

Growing crabapple trees in the landscape is commonplace for many homeowners, but if you haven?t yet tried it, you may be asking, ?How do you grow crabapple trees?? Read here to find out.