SugarTyme Crabapple Leaf's Out - March 2024
Just about a month ago (mid-February), I gave the pair of SugarTyme Crabapple trees a dormant pruning to remove some waterspouts, shorten the length of some branching and clean the two trees up . They're being trained in espalier into (what I hope to become) a Palmette Verrier. In looking around the yard, it appears that these two trees are the furthest ahead and have leaves opening up from the buds all along the branching. See below for the current state of the tiny, green foliage: This *should* be the growing season when I can begin to 'turn up' the tips of a couple of these layers to begin to form the Palmette Verrier espalier shape. If you go to this post (and scroll down), you can see what I'm thinking for shape . Of note....these two Sugar Tyme crabapple trees are south-facing and are COMPLETELY protected from any northern cold fronts. They're right up against the house - a white house - that reflects the sun's heat. I suspect that the pla...