Flowering Crabapple 'Cardinal'

A nice tree with a unique form. My tree was a bargain tree from Lowe's last year. It has a weeping structure to it and flowers and prod...Read Moreuces pretty heavily. The flowers are a pink color and the fruit is about a half-inch in diameter. My information says this tree will grow to about 15 feet tall and wide. It doesn't seem to be a horribly fast grower.

I personally do not like the taste of these crabapples as they are very bitter to me. Perhaps you could make jams or jellies from them with lots of sugar. My dog likes to eat the fruit straight from the tree. Deer also seem to really enjoy eating these fruits as well, and will normally break branches reaching fruit that would otherwise be out of reach. Birds also like eating these fruits in the winter, although this year the fruit didn't even last until November. The American Robin seems to particularly enjoy eating the fruit. This is an absolutely wonderful tree to encourage wildlife in the yard.

I planted a "Cardinal" crabapple a few years back and it has done quite well. It has been a vigorous grower, sets a fair amount of fruit...Read More and has gorgeous scarlet foliage all summer long. It is also beginning to take a classic vase shape common to tea crabapples with no pruning.