Crab apple - poorly?

Hi all,

Our crab apple finished blossoming a few weeks ago. Now it's looking a little sad, maybe, I'm not too sure....hence asking.

Planted last year, around April. Looked fine all the time, up to now.

Peoples thoughts?

 

Hi. I don't think it looks that bad. I would just make sure it's well watered and perhaps feed it a bit / give it some well rotted manure. My crab apple tree also looks a bit sad, following that profusion of flowers. I think it's mainly the fact that it's putting its energy into forming berries.

 

Given a liquid feed, mulch and keeping it watered.
Just comparing to last year, it blossomed and had green leaves after, this year doesn't.
But I'll keep going, it's not looking worse.

 

The new leaves of some shrubs and trees are often reddish … especially if the blossom is also a deep red. They’ll turn green as they mature … you probably just didn’t notice it last year.

We can’t see the base of the tree … just make sure there’s not too many plants around the base in the roof area as they’ll be competing with it for moisture and nutrients. A young tree needs a clear area around it about a meter in diameter so you can feed and mulch it.
Hope that helps.

 

Looks ok to me

Crab apples can get scab but yours looks clear

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