Discover how to prune crabapple trees of all ages – whether free-standing or trained trees

Red fruits of a crabapple tree in fall.

Crabapple trees are versatile, and very often low maintenance, trees that do not always require lots of large-scale pruning to put on a beautiful display of blossom and fruits year-after-year.

There will be times when crabapple trees will benefit from some pruning. Mostly this will be light trimming to remove diseased or damaged branches and gently shape the tree to keep it looking good and fitting in with the rest of your backyard.