Eagle Lake Nurseries Gardening Tips May 2004 Ornamental Flowering Crab Apple Trees Ornamental Crab Apples offer such a variety of colors to anyone's garden! They have such an exciting abundance of colors; branches are covered in color with blooms of red, white purple and pinks. Bloom time in the spring for these beautiful trees offers every gardener a taste of what to expect for the upcoming season. These trees offer a range of size from 15 ft to 50 ft in height so every garden, small or big can enjoy one. They make a great focal point in ones garden which adds character and fragrance. The foliage ranges from green to a deep purple (wine-red), and the bark offers a range of color also. Most of the crabapple trees are wide spreading and rounded as to where some are columnar and also weeping. They have a slow to medium growth rate and an average to long life span. There are many varieties to choose from and we carry quite a few in our garden centre. Rosthern Columnar Crab- Malus baccata 'Rosthern' Bloom: white flowers followed by small red berried-like apples The narrowest flowering crab. Height 5 M Spread 2.5 M Kelsey Flowering Crab- Malus 'Kelsey' Bloom: Double pink flowers with small persistent berries Height 5 M Spread 4 M Makamic Flowering Crab- Malus 'Makamic' Bloom: Deep rose flowers and bronze foliage Tree has round shape Height 5 M Spread 3 M Morning Princess Flowering Crab- Malus ' Morning Princess' Bloom: Pink flowers and burgundy foliage Semi upright dwarf tree. Height 3 M Spread 2.5 M Royal Beauty Weeping Crab- Malus 'Royal Beauty' Bloom: Pink blooms with purple foliage Weeping tree Height 3 M Spread 3 M Rudolph Flowering Crab- Malus 'Rudolph' Bloom: Showy red blossoms with green-bronze foliage Height 5 M Spread 4 M Selkirk Flowering Crab- Malus 'Selkirk' Bloom: Pink Flowers with bronze foliage Height 5 M Spread 4 M Strathmore Flowering Crab- Malus ' Strathmore' Bloom: Pink flowers with bronze leaves Somewhat pyramidal Height 5 M Spread 4M Thunderchild Flowering Crab- Malus 'Thunderchild' Bloom: Dark purple flowers and leaves Excellent disease resistant to fireblight Height 5 M Spread 4 M Come take a look at these beautiful varieties that we have to offer you! They are great trees to plant in your garden and admire for many years to come! Renee O'Brien Eagle Lake Nurseries Ltd.