Red Crabapple

🍎 Red Crabapple (Malus spp.)
Zones: 4–8 | Height: 12–20 ft | Spread:** 15–20 ft | Growth Rate: Moderate
Light: Full sun | Soil: Well-drained, loamy to sandy
Fruit Drop Time: Fall

🏞️ Product Description:
The Red Crabapple is a heavy-fruiting, compact wildlife tree known for producing so many apples that its branches bend to the ground. Its small stature makes it perfect for planting along food plot borders, property lines, or under powerlines where space is limited but attraction is a must.

With dense cover and consistent fruit production, this crabapple delivers both structure and nutrition—especially for whitetails and upland birds during the fall season.

🦌 Loaded Limbs. Easy Access.
Deer love low-hanging fruit, and this tree delivers it—literally. The dense fruit set and accessible drop height make it a magnet for browsing deer. It’s also a reliable pollinator companion for nearby apple trees, and its rugged form handles a range of growing conditions with ease.

🌳 Why Grow Red Crabapple?

• Incredible fruit load—branches hang with the weight of apples

• Great for tight spaces, food plot borders, or beneath powerlines

• Provides fall food for deer, turkeys, and other wildlife

• Compact and easy to manage

• Excellent companion tree for apple and crabapple orchards

🛠️ Planting Tips:

• Plant in full sun for best fruit production

• Space 15–20 ft apart in rows or clusters

• Use tree tubes to protect from deer browse during early growth

• Water regularly during the first year to establish roots

• Minimal pruning required—just enough to maintain shape

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🌿 Summary:
The Red Crabapple is small in size but huge in wildlife value, offering massive fruit loads and a compact form that fits where other trees can’t. Whether you’re lining a plot or adding edge habitat, this tree delivers a buffet at browsing height.

Heavy fruit. Low form. Built for border attraction.