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Cardeal Crabapple Trees

Flores vistosas, folhagem colorida e frutas comestíveis - malus "cardinal", ou crabapples cardinal, fornecem tudo para o seu quintal ou pomar. Essas árvores decíduas também são resistentes a doenças e tolerantes à poluição do ar, tornando-as uma adição altamente desejável.

Cardeal Crabapple Trees


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Adicione cor, sombra e lanches ao seu quintal com crabapples.

Adicione cor, sombra e lanches ao seu quintal com crabapples.

Flores vistosas, folhagem colorida e frutas comestíveis - Malus "Cardinal", ou crabapples Cardinal, fornecem tudo para o seu quintal ou pomar. Essas árvores decíduas também são resistentes a doenças e tolerantes à poluição do ar, tornando-as uma adição altamente desejável.

Características

Os crabapples cardinais têm um dossel vertical, espalhando-se de folhagem escura, brilhante, vermelho-arroxeada. Mesmo antes de a folhagem aparecer, as árvores mostram uma cor bonita, pois produzem botões roxos que incham e explodem em vistosas flores vermelhas. Eles geralmente crescem para 15 pés ou mais altos, com um spread de 20 a 22 pés. Após a floração, as árvores produzem um fruto comestível vermelho escuro de 2 polegadas. Crabapples Cardinal produzir suas flores em galhos nus na primavera, após a folhagem outono-vermelho e laranja mosqueado cai.

Condições de crescimento

Malus "Cardinal" aprecia sol pleno junto com solo úmido e bem drenado que é ligeiramente ácido. Eles vão tolerar a seca em algum grau, mas eles não se saem tão bem em áreas com verões longos, quentes e úmidos. As árvores exigem vários dias de temperaturas mais frias para garantir que elas põem flores e frutas durante a primavera. Eles se saem bem nas zonas 4 a 8 do Departamento de Agricultura dos EUA.

Usos

Crabapples cardeais fazem uma borda de entrada de automóveis impressionante, bem como adicionando cores brilhantes para a paisagem. As flores cor-de-rosa a vermelhas atraem borboletas, enquanto os pássaros cantores comem os pequenos frutos.

Preocupações

Essas árvores são excepcionalmente resistentes a doenças comuns, como a sarna da maçã e a ferrugem da maçã, enquanto também resistem prontamente à luz de fogo. Eles têm alguma vulnerabilidade menor a insetos, incluindo lagartas de tenda, besouros japoneses, ácaros, brocas e pulgões, mas essas pragas geralmente não são um problema significativo para os crabapples cardinais.

Cardeal Crabapple Trees

FAQ - 💬

❓ What is the most beautiful crabapple tree?

👉 One of the most beautiful of the flowering crabapple species, Malus floribunda (Japanese Crabapple) is a stunning deciduous tree, creating a broad, rounded, densely-branched canopy. Opening from red buds, masses of fragrant, single, pale pink blossoms, fading to a glistening white, appear in mid-spring.

❓ Where is the best place to plant a crabapple tree?

👉 full sunChoose a location in full sun with well-drained soil. Trees that are shaded develop an open canopy instead of a more attractive, dense growth habit. Shaded trees produce fewer flowers and fruit, and they are more susceptible to disease. Dig the hole for the tree as deep as the root ball and two to three times as wide.

❓ What is the hardiest crabapple?

👉 Answer

  • Malus 'Louisa'
  • Malus 'Molten lava'
  • Malus 'Adirondack'
  • Malus 'Prairifire'
  • Malus 'Ormiston Roy'
  • Malus 'Schmidtcutleaf' Golden Raindrops®
  • Malus 'Sargentii'
  • Malus hupehensis (tea crabapple)

❓ What is the life expectancy of a crabapple tree?

👉 40 to 60 yearsAlthough crabapple trees aren't known as long-living tree species, they still have a pretty impressive expected life span of 40 to 60 years. Generally, crabapple trees share similar life lengths, and their ability to produce fruit and flowers slows down or stops entirely around 40 years of age.

❓ How messy is a crab apple tree?

👉 Crabapple trees provide beauty in the spring but a mess in the fall once the fruit drops. During the summer months, a tree can throw shade and reduce air conditioning costs.

❓ Are crabapple tree roots invasive?

👉 Crabapple tree roots are not invasive or aggressive. In fact, the only known cases of crabapple roots growing through home foundations or sidewalks occurred because there were already cracks for which the roots could emerge.

❓ Are crab apple trees messy?

👉 Crabapple trees provide beauty in the spring but a mess in the fall once the fruit drops. During the summer months, a tree can throw shade and reduce air conditioning costs.

❓ Do you have to plant 2 crabapple trees?

👉 Do you need two crabapple trees to produce fruit? Yes, all apple trees need a suitable pollinator to set fruit, and crabapples are no different. There are certain varieties of crabapple that do not produce fruit, but all of the cultivars that do need cross pollinators.

❓ Are crabapple roots invasive?

👉 Crabapple tree roots are not invasive or aggressive. In fact, the only known cases of crabapple roots growing through home foundations or sidewalks occurred because there were already cracks for which the roots could emerge.

❓ Are crab apple tree roots invasive?

👉 Crabapple tree roots are not invasive or aggressive. In fact, the only known cases of crabapple roots growing through home foundations or sidewalks occurred because there were already cracks for which the roots could emerge.

❓ Are crabapple trees messy?

👉 Crabapple trees provide beauty in the spring but a mess in the fall once the fruit drops. During the summer months, a tree can throw shade and reduce air conditioning costs.

❓ What is a crabapple tree?

👉 Crabapple trees are stunning ornamental flowering trees. Crabapple flowers come in spectacular shades of pink, white, cream, purple, orange, and red. 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.

❓ What happens to crabapple trees in the fall?

👉 As the flowers fade, they are replaced by small fruit that are relished by birds and squirrels. Most crabapple trees have vibrant fall colors, and once the leaves fall, the fruit stands out against the bare or snow-covered branches. The fruit often lasts well into the winter months.

❓ What are the most common diseases of crabapples?

👉 Crabapples are also prone to many of the common diseases of fruit trees, such as fire blight and apple scab. When choosing your tree, look for varieties that are resistant to these diseases. Watch your crabapples for signs of aphids, which may appear on the underside of leaves, as well as gypsy moths, tent caterpillars, and webworms.

❓ What is a Camelot crabapple tree?

👉 ‘Camelot’ crabapple trees are a type of dwarf landscaping tree that is colorful in all seasons. Malus ‘Camelot’ grows up to 10 ft. (3 m) tall and has a vast horizontally spreading crown up to 8 ft. (2.4 m) wide. Flowers on crabapple ‘Camelot’ trees are fragrant white with hints of pink hues. The small crabapple fruits are ideal for making jellies.


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