This is an excellent tree for windbreaks, wildlife habitat and recreational plantings. They are extremely hardy and disease resistant. Crabapples are best grown in a sunny location with good air circulation and have no particular soil preferences, except soil should be well-drained. Crabapples are grown for their showy flowers and attractive, brightly-colored fruit. Blooms are snowy white. The leaves are dark or olive green above and pale green below. the bark is ridged to scaly and dark gray to reddish gray. Sold in a bundle of 25 bare root seedlings, 12-18” tall.