CEDAR RAPIDS - A stump is all that remains of what was once a 60-foot-tall flowering crab apple tree, cut down from what appears to be a case of mistaken identity. Lois Henderson, of 1246 40th St ...

Cedar waxwings dine on the petals of a flowering crab tree in northern Minnesota. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald) ByBrad Dokken / Forum News Service June 09, 2019 07:10 AM ...

Flowering crab apple is a perfect tree for the Buckeye state: Gardener's Notebook Published: Oct. 15, 2008, 5:22 p.m. By Martha Mueller Neff, The Plain Dealer ...

Q: Porcupines have been eating the bark of this flowering crab apple tree over winter. How can this be repaired to save this beautiful tree? — Sharla P.

According to Hall, the Chicago area’s wet spring has spawned the worst outbreak of apple scab in the last 15 years. If your flowering crab looks sick, you’re not alone.

The apple tree a Chicago gardener is most likely to grow is a flowering crab apple. What’s the difference between a crab apple and an apple? It’s not the pucker — sour apples, big or small ...

Q: I noticed my 35-year-old crab apple tree has some branches in bloom. I have never seen this before! Could it be the warm temperatures we have been having but then again, only this one branch ...

AUBURN – A flowering crab apple tree now stands in the courtyard at the rear of Auburn City Hall as a reminder of preventative heart health care. Lewiston Mayor Lionel C. Guay Jr. planted the ...

In the spring, flowering crab apple trees live up to their name. They burst forth with single (five petal), semi-double (six to 10 petals), or double (10 or more petals) red, white, or pink blooms.

Burt Cavanaugh of Portage takes a hands-on approach to the eradication of tent caterpillars on his flowering crab tree -- remove the nests, and the worms inside them, and dispose of them in a ...

Flowering almond, apricot, prune and peach are relatively rare. Most flowering stone fruit trees are completely fruitless, but some purple-leaf plum can produce messy and sour plums as they mature.

Cedar waxwings dine on the petals of a flowering crab tree in northern Minnesota. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald) ByBrad Dokken June 09, 2019 at 6:45 AM Share ...