In May, medium-tall trees bear prolific small blooms of various shades of white, red and pink that elicit a smile even from the crabbiest of humans. They’re called crabapple trees, and they’re ...

The sycamore tree is prone to Sycamore anthracnose which is a fungal disease. Our crabapple tree is rapidly dropping leaves as well. Crabapples are prone to another fungal disease which is ...

David Meredith, via email says, 'The newest leaves on the shoot tips of my newly planted crab apple tree ('Everest’) have curled up. Should I simply snip them off? Also there are numerous ants ...

And genetic studies of crab apple trees - Britain’s last wild ... “If we are not careful the wild apple, one of the UK’s rarer native trees, may be progressively hybridised out of existence.” ...