What: The great plant breeder Donald Egolf selected this flowering crabapple at the National Arboretum. Malus “Adirondack” is consistently rated high across the country as being a superior crabapple.

What: Malus toringo subsp. sargentii “Tina” is an extreme dwarf crabapple tree. Candy apple red buds open to single white flowers. which in turn produce bright red quarter-inch fruit that smother the ...

“It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple-tree is connected with that of man.” –Henry David Thoreau, 1862 The Donald Wyman Crabapple (Malus sp.), one variety of the flowering crabapple, ...

A crabapple (Malus sylvestris) is defined as an apple that at maturity is less than two inches in diameter. This deciduous tree is typically found growing in the wild in wooded areas containing oak ...

Stunning spring blooms? Check. Tree that fits in small yards? Check. Fruit for the birds? Check. A flowering crab apple checks all the boxes. “They really are stunning trees,” said Julie Janoski, ...

Thinking about spring’s glorious flowering fruit trees in the high desert often makes one wonder, how did some of these nonnative plants get here, and even more curious, how did they adapt to such an ...