Malus 'Sugar Tyme'
$257.00 / 10G
Crabapple ·
Description
Malus 'Sugar Tyme', commonly known as Crabapple, is a woody landscape shrub valued for its pink, red or burgundy, and white flowers during spring. It typically matures 14–44 feet tall and 3–25 feet wide. Grow it in full sun in moist, well-drained clay or loam soil. Its native range or documented parentage is Northern Hemisphere. Pollinators visit the flowers. In the landscape, it works well in flowering tree, small tree, and lawn. Once established, it shows useful tolerance to drought.
Benefits
Makes the landscape productive as well as ornamental. Keeps beds lively through the main outdoor season. Supports a more active, living garden with flowers that pollinators can use.
Features
Fruit tree; showy flowers mid-summer; berries / drupes fruit; matures about 20 - 40 ft tall and 15 - 30 ft wide
Usage/Use
Specimen tree, shade tree, street tree, wildlife planting
| Malus 'Sugar Tyme' | |
| Crabapple | |
| 'Sugar Tyme | |
| No | |
| Best grown in full sun to part sun with average moisture. | |
| Full Sun to Part Sun; Average moisture; Deep, well-drained garden soil. Water regularly the first season, then adjust to plant preference. | |
| Garden origin / cultivated selection | |
| Non-Native | |
| Yes | |
| Northern Hemisphere | |
| No |
| 5 - 9 | |
| Hardy in USDA Zones 5–9; protect roots during establishment. | |
| Full Sun | |
| Loam | |
| 6 - 8 | |
| 20 - 40 ft | |
| 15 - 30 ft | |
| Wide | |
| 15 - 30 ft |
| Yes | |
| Longtime | |
| Mid-Summer | |
| None | |
| Green | |
| Green foliage | |
| Birds from Fruit | |
| Woodland Edge of Savanna | |
| Edible Garden | |
| Berries | |
| Edible Gardens | |
| Upright | |
| Long Lived | |
| Fall, Spring, Summer |
| Average Water | |
| Well-drained | |
| Water deeply during establishment; after established, water based on rainfall and soil moisture. | |
| Medium | |
| Water regularly during establishment, mulch to conserve moisture, and cut back/prune at the proper seasonal time. |