Flowering Crabapple 'Sugar Tyme'

Malus

Family
Rosaceae (ro-ZAY-see-ee)
Genus
Malus (MAY-lus)
Synonym
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
Other Details
Other details
Propagation Methods
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
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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