A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Plants and Flowers Forum Shrubs and Trees Are these crabapple trees?

I have an apple tree in my yard, but need crabapples to pollinate it. These are my neighbors trees, and I was wondering if they are crabapples or cherry or almond?

I've never seen an almond tree...but those look like cherry.

You don't need to worry, bees pollinate the apple trees from all other trees in you neighbors yards.

I agree with Tamara--I was thinking flowering cherry

is your neighbor someone that could be asked what they are???

In the second picture the tree to the right with no flowers has round; brown hanging fruit that look like mini coconuts on cherry stems. not sure if that is a crabapple that already flowered. The house with them has a new neighbor that just moved in and we never met so cant ask them. If they are not crabapples there are no other "apple" trees in the area to pollinate my apple tree (fruit apple)

The tree to your right could be an ornamental crab apple tree, I have one here...the fruits are small hard fruits on long stems. Mine even has the bronze coloured leaves as that one.

Here is an old fallen fruit from the tree you think might be a crabapple. I went close to it and the tree has dark pink flowers starting to grow.


And here are more trees that need to be i.d.

Break open the fruit, if it has one pit seed~it's a cherry. If it has many tiny seeds, it's a crabapple.

Honestly, it looks like a cherry.

I say a shrunken crabapple.

[taps on Keith's monitor screen] You still here, Keith ?

We need a look at he bark. This is what a cherry tree's bark looks like - totally different from a crabapple's.