These are Prairie Fire Crabapples in my front yard — two of the coolest trees I’ve ever had! I love their display in April and May. It seems like their bloom season was too short this year, and it might have been the dry weather we had and the fast rise in temperature last week. All the blooms started to shrivel up this week, and I think they’ve usually gone stronger into May. The top photo was taken on April 28th, and the lower one was on April 20th, so the blooming was strong for something over a week, but it didn’t seem long enough.
Craig, these particular trees produce a tiny fruit – maybe the size of your thumbnail. Probably won’t work!
Steve
Hi,
I create apple ciders, and I found your blog through a google search for ‘crab apples in utah’.
Crab apples can add quite a lot of character to an otherwise fairly dull cider.
I was wondering if your trees have any fruit on them if I might be able to obtain some of them for my cider this Fall?
My intention is not to vandalize your blog with my unrelated comments, but I don’t know how else to contact you than to submit this post.
Thank you in advance for any consideration. My email address is craig.teerlink@utah.edu if you would like to respond.
Craig