Crabapple, Sugar Tyme

Malus 'Sutyzam' | Sugar Tyme®

Height: 14-18ft
Spread: 11-15ft
Zone: 4-8
Exposure: Full sun
Growth Rate: Moderate
Bloom Time/Color: April; white
Fall Color: Red-orange
Uses: Specimen, massing, ornamental
Maintenance: Low
Tree Shape: Upright, spreading
Other: Red fruit

Sugar Tyme® crabapple has an upright spreading form that, in spring, produces pale pink buds that give way to fragrant snow-white flowers in April. Foliage is a rich medium green in the spring that changes to an orange-red by autumn. Fruits turn red in fall and persist into the winter. Crabapples prefer well-drained, average soils in full sun and can be more tolerant to a wide range of growing conditions in maturity. Attracts wildlife.

Disease resistance: Cedar apple rust & mildew = excellent; Scab & fire blight = good