Acorns and crab apples make colorful fall. ... the crab apple yield is heavy ... Among the all-stars of color in Providence were the ochre-hued foliage of tulip trees at North Main Street ...

Q: I noticed my 35-year-old crab apple tree has some branches in bloom. I have never seen this before! Could it be the warm temperatures we have been having but then again, only this one branch? Ma… ...

URBANA — Our Master Gardener help desk gets emails mid-summer when apple trees drop many of their leaves, except for the outer 12 inches or so. The same thing can happen to our ornamental ...

We love them in spring, when they are clothed in pink blooms, but in fall, a crab apple really shines. On a chilly autumn morning, the sight of a crab apple full of fruit offers us ornament and ...

Q.: For the last few years, the three crabapple trees in my front yard flowered but then in August, dropped their leaves until the branches were almost completely bare. The bark looked as if it ...

Landscaping has included the genus “Malus” for a long period of time. Sometimes, it has been apples for fresh eating and winter keeping, sometimes fruiting crabapples which look lovely as a ...

Q. I have seen many varieties of flowering crab apple for sale at local nurseries and would like to plant several this fall. What characteristics should I look for when selecting a particular varie… ...

When I was 8 or 9 years old, I loved to climb the tree in my neighbor's backyard. It had dark pink flowers, but more importantly loads of dark red fruit. Branching low to the ground it was easy to ...

The cause of apple trees dropping their leaves is a fungal disease that infects the foliage and fruits. OVER THE COLES: Don’t lose your crabapple and apple foliage Skip to main content Skip to ...