One of my favorite late summer and early fall flavors is crabapple. Since our town has so many of the Dolgo crabapple trees, ...

Dolgo crabapple trees can thrive in desert conditions Q: I am hoping to plant two semidwarf crabapple trees on the west side of my house. Could you please tell me which cultivars will do well here?

Question: I murdered my 5-year-old Santa Rosa plum. The borers finished it off. I treated the tree for iron twice in the spring and it never seemed to help. I now see why. The borers are in every ...

Q.: We have a pink flowering crabapple tree that is about 20 years old. For the last several years, after it blooms, it acts like it is fall and the leaves drop off. It seems to come back okay ...

RICHMOND — The dolgo crab apple tree wakes up early — several days before our other apple trees stir from their long winter’s nap. And it blooms full, white from a distance, touched with pink up close ...

Over the summer, the crabapple tree in our backyard lost most of its leaves and looks terrible. And it’s not the only one having trouble. I’ve noticed that lots of crabapple trees are looking ...

Crabapple branches drenched in white, pink, or red blossoms are a strong enticement to go out and buy one of these trees. First, however, put a little thought into which variety you plant. There ...

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.

It was an exceptional spring for flowering crabapple trees all over town. Our wet weather provided moisture and no late frost killed the buds or flowers. The older trees are probably Dolgo (white ...

Here are questions about crabapple trees with answers from horticulturists at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. For more information, contact the ISU Hortline at 515-294-3108 or ...