Flowering crabapple tree and what you should know about it

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Published in Flower Garden Ideas at Sunday, September 15th 2019 23:09:07 PM by admin.

Only flowering crabapple tree is capable of offering the trees in different sizes, shapes and flower colors. They are over 35 species with over 700 cultivated varieties of the crabapples which had been a part of home landscapes for many years now. The apple tree and the crab apples feature five-petaled and clustered blossoms with over 15 stems inside. They start to bloom before the leaves can unfold and they are joined later with young greenery. The blossoms may open red buds or pink and they may turn to paler shades after opening or creating a beautiful pink cloud for some weeks. For ornament, the Asian options are more preferred since they look colorful and they can last for a long period.

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Contrary to the tropical garden plants that like to grow in the warmth, flowering crabapple tree can grow in the cold winter or the place with heavy soil where other tropical or spring bloomers are not able to perform that well. However, the trees may fail to grow in a certain place because of fire blight, mildew and scab. The trees can grow in an average fertile soil and only enough organic matter can be added to it.

The flowering crabapple tree may require only some little pruning so that they can be kept in the shape or that they do not interfere with the landscape specimen or go over garden border fence. The pruning has to take place before June since after that, the flower buds for the new season may start to form. The trees are known to be resistant to diseases. The trees have all the desired characteristics for foliage, fruit and flowers. If you want to grow Crab apples, you should take into consideration only some few basic planting lessons. You should choose the place where they can get full sun with a well drained soil. The soil can be alkaline or acid or it can be clay or loamy.