Transcendent Crabapple Tree
Transcend your preconceived notions of crabapples and try Transcendent Crabapple Tree, a gorgeous, compact tree with white and pink blossoms that give way to tasty, yellowish-red fruit that look like small distant planets hanging on your very own backyard crabapple tree. Unlike other crabapples, Transcendent is a triploid and will not serve as a pollinator for your other apple trees. It’s fruit can be eaten fresh, used for cider, or made into jam.
Latin Name: Malus domestica
Site and Soil: All apples like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: Semi-Dwarf
Pollination Requirements: Triploid – this tree will not reciprocate pollination to other nearby apples.
Hardiness: Transcendent Crabapple Tree should be hardy to minus 30° F.
Bearing Age: 2-3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 10-12 ft. in height
Bloom Time: April
Ripening Time: September
Yield: 30+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Transcendent Crabapple Tree is moderately resistant to Apple Scab. Codling Moth can create wormy apples and aphids can damage the foliage of apple trees.
USDA Zone: 2
Sunset Western Zone: 1-9, 14-16
Sunset Northeast Zone: All zones