| Wildlife Crabapple Tree | | Fruiting Wildlife Crabapple Trees |
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The Wildlife Crabapple tree produces abundant fruit which is eaten by many animals. The lightweight fruit of the crabapple tree can remain the tree longer than most other fruits and therefore feed wildlife, especially birds, well into the Fall. Crabapples remain small, especially when properly pruned, and attract ground animals which prefer fresh fruit. The blossoms attract both bees and hummingbirds and can be sued as a universal pollinator for other types of standard apple trees. The Crabapple Trees bloom in March-April and are in fruit during September until March. Deer, quail, turkey, pheasant and Grouse love the fruit of the Crabapple tree. It is not unusual for Wildlife Crabapple Trees to bear crabapple fruit twice during the season, and the crabapple fruit remains on the tree for long periods, since it has an extended keeping quality just like apples. The crabapple fruit of Wildlife Crabapple Trees themselves vary in size, but many are very small but are produced in amazingly large numbers. Wildlife Crabapple Trees do not grow very tall, and this makes it easy for deer to reach the crabapple fruit on the low branches. The Wildlife Crabapple Tree is a very dependable tree that bears red-yellow crabapple fruit in the Fall. The Wildlife Crabapple Tree grows in a broadly rounded fashion to a height and spread of about 10 ft. tall. Wildlife including game birds love to eat the seeds, and this assures the property owner that new seedling trees will continuously be renewed from bird droppings. Once established on a wildlife refuge crabapple trees never need to be replanted.