Flowering Crabapple 'Sugar Tyme'

Malus

Family
Rosaceae (ro-ZAY-see-ee)
Genus
Malus (MAY-lus)
Synonym
Additional cultivar information
(PP7062; aka Sutyzam, Milton Baron No. 1)
Hybridized
Zampini
Registered or introduced
1988
Height
12-15 ft. (3.6-4.7 m)
15-20 ft. (4.7-6 m)
Spacing
12-15 ft. (3.6-4.7 m)
15-20 ft. (4.7-6 m)
Hardiness
USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F)
USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F)
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Sun to Partial Shade
Bloom Time
Mid season flowering
Danger
N/A
Bloom Color
White/Near White
Bloom Time
Late Winter/Early Spring
Mid Spring
Foliage
Deciduous
Provides Winter Interest
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Patent Information
Patent expired
Pollination
Bearing Habit
Rootstock Vigor
Disease Resistance
Resistant to Apple Scab
Resistant to Apple Powdery Mildew
Resistant to Cedar-Apple Rust
Resistant to Fireblight
Fruit Usage
Crab
Foliage Color
Bloom Characteristics
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Flowers are fragrant
Water Requirements
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Where to Grow
Seed Collecting
Remove fleshy coating on seeds before storing
Properly cleaned, seed can be successfully stored
N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
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Soil pH requirements
5.1 to 5.5 (strongly acidic)
5.6 to 6.0 (acidic)
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
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Regional

This plant is said to grow outdoors in the following regions:

Westbrook, Connecticut

Clermont, Kentucky

Georgetown, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

Lisbon Falls, Maine

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Traverse City, Michigan

Cincinnati, Ohio

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Gardener's Notes:

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3
neutrals
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Lisbon Falls, ME | January 2015 | positive

I live in Lisbon Falls, Maine and to the best of my knowledge I planted my tree sometime around 2004. I wanted something that would bloss...Read More

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Westbrook, CT (Zone 6a) | March 2011 | neutral

Planted two twenty feet apart. One is doing fine, one sickened and died after 3 years. The one remaining sent out an assymetrical side ...Read More

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Belfield, ND (Zone 4a) | October 2009 | neutral


Editor's Note

Plant Patent number 7062 has expired

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Scott County, KY (Zone 5b) | April 2007 | positive

Sugar Tyme® crabapple is absolutely one of the top 10 standard size crabapples for the Ohio River valley region and probably most of the...Read More

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Oxford, NS (Zone 5b) | June 2006 | neutral

We planted one of these this spring (2006). I chose it because it is rated as having excellent disease resistance. The information I ob...Read More

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