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 ...

While the ornamental crabapple tree is a common landscaping choice for homeowners, with beautiful blooms in the spring, it is not unusual for trees to fall prey to an array of diseases and pests ...

Q. I have a flowering crabapple tree that is losing leaves. All during the spring the tree flowered and was beautiful. Now, the leaves turn yellow then fall. I've watered and fed regularly with t ...

You may wonder why your crabapple tree, which was gorgeous this spring, is now losing most of its leaves this summer. Now that you think about it, you remember it seems to do this every year.

Q: I have a 27-year-old "Snowdrift" crabapple tree in the front of my home. It looks to have lichen on it - it looks like greenish-gray leaf-like spots all over the tree. I have been pruning it ...

Many crabapple trees have branches with leaves turning brown, yellow and reddish, or even orange. There are a number of issues with crabapple trees now. The most severe problem is fire blight; a ...

I have a weeping crabapple tree that is about 10 years old. In the spring, a branch blossomed and flowered and then a few weeks later the leaves died out. The Root of it All: Crabapple dieback and ...

Japanese apple rust, a disease affecting apple and crabapple trees, as well as junipers, left this spot on the leaves of a tree. The finger-like projections on the back of the leaf produce fungal ...