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 ...

In May, medium-tall trees bear prolific small blooms of various shades of white, red and pink that elicit a smile even from the crabbiest of humans. They’re called crabapple trees, and they’re easy to ...

Some trees and shrubs have a bad reputation for being susceptible to diseases: lilacs to powdery mildew, junipers to juniper tip blight, flowering crabapples to apple scab, and elms to Dutch elm ...

The growths you describe are suckers, which are new stems produced from the root system or base of the main stem (trunk). Suckers often grow at a much more rapid pace than the growing tips of the ...

Petruchio: “Nay, come, Kate, come: you must not look so sour.”Katharina: “It is my fashion, when I see a crab.”Petruchio: “Why, here's no crab; and therefore look not sour.”- The Taming of the Shrew.

Two women planting potted tree saplings in a backyard. - Nikola Stojadinovic/Getty Images Fall gives you the perfect opportunity to experiment with the best ways to plant trees in your yard. While you ...

Brandon Doyle spent his Tuesday evening working with fellow East Rock volunteers to shovel pounds of dirt and soil, plant a persimmon tree and a crabapple tree, and hose those new trees down to help ...

Q: We're looking for advice to help our young crabapple tree. Several winter storms and heavy snow weighed down a branch and caused a split down the main trunk. Is there anything that can be done? The ...

Above: Lindsey Purcell (screenshot) from his Purdue Extension video, Tree Planting Part 1: Choosing a Tree, FNR-538-WV Arbor Day is the last Friday in April in Indiana; this year it is April 29. This ...

Laura Altvater of Portland Nursery was surprised to see the damage left by a rare spring storm when she went to work at the nursery’s Southeast Stark Street location Monday morning. A crabapple tree ...