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. Today, ...

BRAINERD — I planted the tree nearly 30 years ago in my front yard. It is a red-splendor crab apple tree. The tree was only 4 feet tall, its trunk the diameter of my thumb, the day I lifted it from ...

Q: We spent hours twining Christmas lights in the branches of our red splendor crabapple. Do they need to be removed in the spring, or can they be left for next Christmas too? - Deb Fogel, Moorhead. A ...

Related to roses, crabapple trees have clusters of spring flowers made up of five, often slightly cupped petals which are followed by small apple-like fruits. Crabapples are distinguished from eating ...

Extremely popular in the North, crabapple trees provide four seasons of backyard interest. This beautiful tree’s spring blooms are often so robust that they completely hide the branches. Abundant, ...