This is what the crabapples look like the end of August.  They have dropped most of their leaves, revealing hundreds of bright red crabapples.  The crabapples are edible, but really sour.  So we leave them for the birds.  They will eat them all winter.

 

Crabapples are native to the southeastern US, and are often used as landscape trees, because of their beautiful blooms in early spring.  These trees in Meeks Park bloom a brilliant red, before they leaf out in the spring.  They are truly gorgeous trees. 

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!