Crab apple trees are hardier than a cherry tree and the blossom lasts longer in our harsher climate, too. Every winter we watch the buds swelling, then suddenly in late August the first pink and white ...

We have been rewarded with a glorious spring after that very long, snowy winter. I cannot recall seeing a more beautiful palette of flowering trees and shrubs. Today’s featured plant is another one ...

Their heady blossoms and fine fruit are loved by birds, and make for excellent jellies and jams The scent of a crab apple in flower, sweet and spring-like, is reason enough to plant one – and now is ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

WILD native crab-apples are ripe in the hedgerows and the fruit is pretty but not as decorative as the garden crab-apples. These are mostly species from other countries or hybrids bred by nurserymen.

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 ...

This is the season for apples but in the celebration of cookers and eaters, do not overlook the virtues of the humble crab apple. I have just planted two crab apple trees in my garden, and now is the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Apple growers want to get the most out of their high-value cultivars, and a Purdue University study shows they might want to focus on the types of apples they plant near those ...

Ursula Buchan on a group of trees particularly suited to the modern garden It is difficult to think of a group of trees better suited to the modern garden than the ornamental crab apples. These are ...