Crab Apple

Typical Life Span Although crabapple trees aren’t known as long-living tree species, they still have a pretty impressive expected life span of 40 to 60… Read More »How Long Do Crab Apple Trees Live?

Squirrels and Crab Apples Squirrels do like crab apples but I noticed that in side by side offerings of a crab apple vs. a sweet… Read More »Do Squirrels Eat Crab Apples?

Are crab apples poisonous? A crab apple’s flesh is perfectly safe for people to eat. But like other apples, the seeds contain a toxic compound… Read More »Is Crab Apple Tree Poisonous?

Hawthorns and crab apples are not very closely related trees. While they share the same family Rosaceae and tribe Malinae, that is as far as… Read More »Is Hawthorn The Same As Crab Apple?

Tree is too young: A crabapple tree often takes three or four years before it is mature enough to bloom and bear fruit. What is… Read More »How Long Does It Take A Crab Apple Tree To Produce Fruit?

Shrubs such as hawthorn, crab apple, holly and elder also coppice well. In fact most trees will coppice provided they are not too old when… Read More »Can You Coppice Crab Apple?

Chemical sprays can prevent fruit from growing on a crab apple tree. The key to stopping the Crap Apple Tree from growing its fruit is… Read More »How Do You Keep Crab Apples From Growing?

Never cut more than 20 percent of a crabapple’s canopy in one season: the tree will depend on nourishment from leaves growing on the remaining… Read More »Can You Top A Crab Apple Tree?

The fungus causes circular, olive-black spots on the leaves, fruit, and young fruit stems. As the spots develop, the leaves may turn yellow and drop… Read More »What Does A Diseased Crab Apple Tree Look Like?

Crab apples are self fertile, which means they don’t need another tree nearby to pollinate them. In fact, one crab apple tree can serve as… Read More »Do You Need 2 Crab Apple Trees?