Another crabapple, this one with red flowers. I’ve seen many more of this variety out and around the Valley. The red flowers seem to take over the whole tree, starting at the top. Common name: ...

“In May, they’re just covered with blooms.” Yet there’s more to a hardy crab apple than spring flowers. Some cultivars, or cultivated varieties, have red-tinted leaves throughout the season.

When the late Melvin Bergeson, longtime Fertile, Minn., nursery man, introduced the Red Splendor flowering crabapple back in 1948, little did he know what impact it would have on the region.

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.

Q: What can I do to keep the tree in the photo healthy after a rabbit decided to have the bark for lunch. The red-flowering crabapple is two years old, and I really hate to replant and start all over.

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 ...

As I drive around town, I have been enjoying the spectacular display from the crabapple trees shouting that spring is here. When their canopies are full of blossoms in white, pink and red, it is ...