I am grateful for our beautiful pink crabapple trees that burst into bloom today! They are just loaded with blossoms! Several years ago we had a problem with a fungus on the leaves and all 9 of our crabapples lost all their leaves in the middle of summer! It looked awful! And we were afraid they would die because of it. They didn't die, but we did cut down 7 of them because we didn't want to deal with that every year. Spraying them would help, but required 4 applications times 9 trees times a lot of money...well, you get the idea! But I'm sure glad we kept two! (I begged Corey to keep them until we could get some new ones started!) We had a less severe problem the next year and they have regained their blooming strength so we once again have our splendid crabapples that were the star of the show when we first bought this place. (Even though we bought the place in Feb., we found pictures tucked in a kitchen drawer of what they looked like in the Spring. We decided to buy the place before we saw the pictures, but once we saw them, I was extra happy!)
Had to hold this branch in place...it was so windy! Hope I get some good shots in the next couple of days before the wind batters them all!
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