Q: We're looking for advice to help our young crabapple tree. Several winter storms and heavy snow weighed down a branch and caused a split down the main trunk. Is there anything that can be done? The ...

You may wonder why your crabapple tree, which was gorgeous this spring, is now losing most of its leaves this summer. Now that you think about it, you remember it seems to do this every year. What ...

Eric asked: "Our crabapple's foliage is so thin this year. Other aspects of the tree indicate good health — lots of fruit, for example. Driving around town shows our tree to be quite typical. What is ...

Q: Leaves on my flowering crabapple tree have suddenly turned brown looking as if they have been torched. Several of the affected branch tips have curved downwards. It seems to be spreading throughout ...

The problem with many plant diseases is once you notice them it’s often too late. That’s especially true with our trees. We often don’t gaze at the canopies of our trees looking for problems. The ...

Japanese apple rust, a disease affecting apple and crabapple trees, as well as junipers, left this spot on the leaves of a tree. The finger-like projections on the back of the leaf produce fungal ...

When trees start changing in early spring, many types of crabapples are among the first to start flowering. There are more than 1,000 known cultivars of these popular trees, and they all have slight ...