Dolgo Crabapple – Live Potted Tree, 24–34 Inches

Bring beautiful spring blossoms, colorful fruit, and wildlife appeal to your garden with the Dolgo Crabapple (Malus × 'Dolgo'). This hardy, versatile flowering fruit tree is valued for its fragrant spring flowers, abundant crimson-red crabapples, and excellent cold tolerance.

Your tree ships 24–34 inches tall, fully rooted in soil in its pot.

🌸 Fragrant Spring Blossoms

In spring, Dolgo Crabapple produces abundant clusters of fragrant white to light-pink flowers. Its extended bloom period makes it an excellent pollinizer for many other apple and crabapple varieties.

The blossoms also provide an attractive nectar source for bees and other pollinators.

🍎 Abundant Edible Red Crabapples

Dolgo produces generous crops of crimson-red crabapples, reaching up to approximately 2 inches in diameter. The crisp, juicy fruit has a sweet-tart flavor often compared to candied cranberries.

Enjoy the fruit:

• Fresh from the tree when fully ripe

• In homemade cider and juice

• In jellies and preserves

• In chutneys and sauces

• In sorbets and other fruit recipes

Fruit typically ripens in August and September and may remain on the tree into December, providing colorful fall and winter interest.

🌳 A Hardy Tree for Gardens and Wildlife

Dolgo Crabapple is valued for its cold hardiness and resistance to many common apple diseases. Its fruit also provides food for birds and wildlife, making it a useful addition to wildlife-friendly gardens and deer plots.

🌱 Tree Details

• Botanical name: Malus × 'Dolgo'

• Common name: Dolgo Crabapple

• Shipping size: 24–34 inches tall

• Plant type: Deciduous flowering and fruiting tree

• USDA hardiness zones: 3–9

• Flower color: White to light pink

• Fruit: Crimson-red crabapples, up to approximately 2 inches

• Fruit ripening: August–September

• Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade

• Soil: Moist, well-drained soil rich in organic matter

• Pollination: Self-fertile; also an excellent pollinizer for many apple and crabapple trees

• Chill requirement: Approximately 400 hours below 40°F, according to the grower

Dolgo is reported to tolerate winter temperatures as low as -40°F, while its flowering and fruiting performance still depend on adequate winter chilling and local growing conditions.

📦 Shipping and Plant Information

• Ships as a fully rooted live tree in a pot with soil.

• Grown in a soil-less growing mix.

• Ships with leaves during spring and summer.

• Ships dormant without leaves during fall and winter.

• Shipped via UPS.

Shipping restrictions:

• Cannot ship apple trees to California.

• Cannot ship to PO Boxes, Alaska, Hawaii, APO addresses, or U.S. territories without a freight surcharge.

• Free shipping is available to most other locations.

Please unpack your tree promptly after delivery and allow it time to acclimate. Seasonal leaf loss during dormancy is normal.

Grown by Scenic Hill Farm, a licensed Oregon nursery.

Please note: The listed height is the approximate shipping size, not the mature tree size. Flowering and fruit production depend on maturity and growing conditions. Fruit may not be present when your tree arrives.