Q: We have two young 'Heritage' birch trees and a young weeping crabapple tree planted in a triangular pattern out front. We'd like to fill in the triangle with some easy-maintenance plants that ...

Q-I am interested in planting a weeping crab apple in my yard-but which one is especially resistant to apple scab? A-You are quite right in making disease resistance your first criterion in ...

A flowering crab apple checks all the boxes. “They really are stunning trees,” said Julie Janoski, manager of the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. “In May, they’re just ...

Pausing under a crab apple tree in full bloom is like standing beneath a living, breathing, buzzing firmament - one that happens to be pink (or white, coral or rose). Hundreds or even thousands of ...

Pendulous, or weeping plants generally are the result of an accidental genetic variation in a seedling. Other plant accidents have resulted in the production of dwarf plants and variegated leaves ...

Several deciduous ornamental trees that can be trained to a weeping growth habit include flowering cherry, crabapple and mulberry. Weeping mulberry (Morus alba) is a most interesting tree.There ...

Crabapples perfect for home landscape. A crabapple (Malus sylvestris) is defined as an apple that at maturity is less than two inches in diameter.This deciduous tree is typically found growing in ...

I have a weeping crabapple tree that is about 10 years old. In the spring, a branch blossomed and flowered and then a few weeks later the leaves died out. We pruned out the dead branches.

Crabapple trees are also beautiful, but have a somewhat deserved "bad reputation." This is because there are varieties that are very susceptible to foliar disease called Apple Scab, caused by our ...