Be aware, your crabapple tree may become a banquet for wildlife.

May 29, However crab apples are known to hybridize easily, so a crab apple tree growing in your yard, or in the local woodland may be a hybrid! The fruits ripen in the fall, around September, and you’ll have the best luck finding them at the edges of woodland and in areas of scrubland. Oct 14, Crabapple trees produce small fruits called crabapples that generally have a tart taste. The colorful miniature apples often stay hanging on the tree long after the leaves have dropped in the fall.

Crabapple trees (botanical name Malus) are like miniature apple trees (Malus domestica). The smallest crabapple trees can be small shrub-like bushes around 4 ft.

Because crabapples generally have a tarter taste than regular apples, they are used in cooking recipes.

( m) bushhaul.barted Reading Time: 9 mins. The fruit of the crabapple tree is nearly as colorful as the fall foliage. For example,"Cardinal" apples are bright red, while"Coralburst" produces bronze apples.