Follow @Sean_Breslin. A combination of flooding rain and tornadoes hammered parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin Monday into early Tuesday morning in the latest round of severe weather to hit the Midwest. One twister left widespread moderate damage on the northwest side of Litchfield, Minnesota, just after 5:30 p.m. CDT.
While the majority of crabapple trees will grow in the 15- to 25-foot-tall range some species are as small as 6 feet tall while others may grow 50 feet in height.
The crabapple is from the genus Malus, which also includes apples. Crabapples are often used as the root base for an apple tree grafting project, but they are beautiful in their own right, and some even produce palatable fruit. Large varieties make lovely shade trees as they blossom with colorful flowers in the spring.