Sunday, November 16, 2025

Little Red Jewels

The crabapple's leaves are all down now and the red crabs look like jewels all over the little tree. 


I'm still amazed that there are so many crabapples. Spring flowering was sparse, yet there are tons of fruits.

Very festive and holiday appropriate as Thanksgiving approaches. If we get snow for Christmas it will be perfect.

The fruits are tiny and intact, not yet falling or turning mushy. 

It seems they dry out and get dark and smaller as they age, so I'm hoping there won't be any kind of mess on the ground. 

When they fall I'll have to see what that does to the walkway and gravel below.

Or maybe late in the season when freezing has made them more palatable, the birds will eat some?