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  • The Early Blooming 'Pink Spires' Crabapple

    The Pink Spires Crabapple is ideal for a confined screen or border planting and is one of the earliest to bloom. In the spring, this excellent rosy bloom crabapple is covered with single pink flowers with red-purple foliage. It turns to green-bronze in summer, and then copper in fall. It bears persistent...
    Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 11-03-2009

  • The Dwarf Sargents Crab Tree

    Reaching a height of 10-15 feet, this dwarf tree flowers profusely in early spring with pink to white scented blossoms; it is well known for its stunning flowers. The Sargents Crab tree is excellent for wildlife because of its edible dark red berries that persist on the tree into winter. Its dense summer...
    Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 10-27-2009

  • Re: Optimizing Pollination?

    If your Honeycrisp apple tree is semi-dwarf you can expect the tree to reach a height of 12 - 16 feet with a spread of 12 - 14 feet. The Dolgo can reach heights of 20 - 25 feet and a spread of 20 feet. So you will need to keep those distances in mind when planting. As for planting distances regarding...
    Posted to Gardening for Beginners (Forum) by jeff-nhn on 04-30-2009

  • Dolgo Crabapple - An Excellent Pollinator for Apple Trees

    If you are interested in growing your own apple trees , one of the main things you will need to look into is whether your tree requires a pollinator. Most apple trees do. What you may not be aware of is that you can use a Crabapple tree as a pollinator. You will want to make sure that the bloom time...
    Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 10-23-2008

  • Re: What is it???

    Welcome to our community! Take a look here at the Sargents Crabapple, they produce ptretty nasty thorns. http://www.naturehills.com/product/sargents_crabtree.aspx
    Posted to Trees (Forum) by jeff-nhn on 05-10-2008

  • The Incredible, Edible Crab-apple?

    There are several varieties of crabapple trees. They create beautiful flowers in the spring and are great pollinators for apple trees. Many people wonder if the crab apples themselves are edible. The answer is yes. Crabapple trees are related to the apple tree family. And yes, all crab apples are edible...
    Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 02-21-2008

  • Can I Grow an Apple Tree From the Seeds I Get From Store Purchased Fruit?

    Yes, you can grow apple trees from seeds. However, most apples available today are hybrids and will not come true from seed and therefore may not resemble the parent fruit. Crabapples are said to usually come true from seed, like the Sargent crabapple tree although there may be size variations in the...
    Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 01-18-2008
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