Crabapple Trees For Landscapes: A Guide To Common Crabapple Varieties
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. Learn how to choose the perfect crabapple tree for your landscape.
Crabapples are popular, adaptable trees that add all-season beauty to the garden with minimal maintenance. Picking a crabapple tree is a bit of a challenge, however, because this versatile tree is available in a tremendous range of flower color, leaf color, fruit color, size, and shape. Read on to learn about choosing crabapple trees for landscapes.
Popular Crabapple Varieties
There are both fruiting crabapple trees and non-fruiting crabapples. While most flowering crabapples develop fruit, there are a few varieties that are virtually fruitless. Below are some common types of crabapples to choose from:
Fruiting Crabapples
Golden Hornet – This is an upright variety that produces white to pale pink blooms followed by greenish yellow fruit. The foliage turns from medium green to yellow in fall.
Snowdrift – This rounded form produces pink buds that bloom white. Its orange fruit is followed by bright yellow, autumn-colored leaves. S
ugar Tyme – Having an oval-like shape, this crabapple tree has pink flowers with deep red crabapple fruit. It, too, changes from green to yellow in fall.
Sparkling Sprite – Another rounded variety, this one has yellow to golden orange fruit and its fall foliage is an attractive deep red.
Donald Wyman – Turning a golden yellow in fall, this rounded crabapple tree produces white blooms and red fruit early on.
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Sargent Tina (Dwarf) – If you’re lacking in space, then this round, dwarf form may be just the tree you need. With stunning red spring blossoms followed by bright red fruit, it makes an attractive specimen.
Callaway – Another white flowering crabapple with red fruit, this variety consists of an oval, round shape and produces attractive fall foliage in shades of yellow, orange, and red.
Adams – Adams crabapple has a rounded to pyramidal shape with deep pink flowers and glossy red fruit. Its foliage is reddish in color, maturing to green and orange-red in fall.
Anne E – This is a weeping variety producing attractive rosy-pink blossoms and bright red fruit followed by yellow fall foliage.
Cardinal – Upright in form with rosy-red flowers and deep red fruit. The foliage turns reddish purple to red-orange in autumn.
Ellen Gerhart – Another popular upright variety, this crabapple tree has pale pink blossoms and bright red fruit.
Brandywine – This rounded variety produces pretty rosy-pink blossoms followed by greenish yellow fruit. You’ll also enjoy its green foliage that’s tinted with red and changes an orange to yellow color in autumn.
Centurion – This is a columnar crabapple that produces rosy-red blooms and red fruit. The fall leaves may be reddish green to yellow-orange.
Cinzam (Dwarf) – Another dwarf-rounded variety, it produces white blossoms that are followed by golden yellow fruit.
Velvet Pillar – An upright crabapple tree that produces pink flowers and maroon colored fruit. In autumn, the foliage takes on purple and orange-red hues.
Adirondack – This oval-formed crabapple has pure white blooms followed by orange-red fruit. Autumn color may be mottled green to yellow.
Non-Fruiting Crabapples
Merilee – A narrow, upright variety, this crabapple bears white blossoms.
Prairie Rose – A rounded, medium green tree with deep pink flowers.
Spring Snow – An oval form variety having pure white blooms.
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