I planted a 'prairie fire' crabapple this spring. It was a large
burlap-wrapped tree. It bloomed but the blooms were tiny tiny and
almost impossible to even notice. I already had a crabapple in my
yard and my neighbor has two - all of these are fully leafed out.
This stupid tree has tiny leaves that popped out about the same time
it bloomed, none are larger than ladybugs and do not appear to be
growing any at all. Any ideas?

Hopefully your plant is just taking time to adjust some times larger
trees take time to recover from being planted.
the best thing to do is to water mulch it properly about the diameter
of the trees bower. and feed it . other than that just wait it out
it could be living on it's reserves if it was shocked at any point and
may just need some tlc. Wait to prune it if it does not make a come
back this year than wait until spring and see what it does. if you
are really worried consult the person or garden center where you got
it and see if they will refund you and you can try again in the spring
or plant in the fall after the summer heat but before frost.
bood luck I think those are lovely trees.

On Tue, 04 May 2004 23:29:53 -0500, griffon
wrote:

I planted a 'prairie fire' crabapple this spring. It was a large
burlap-wrapped tree. It bloomed but the blooms were tiny tiny and
almost impossible to even notice. I already had a crabapple in my
yard and my neighbor has two - all of these are fully leafed out.
This stupid tree has tiny leaves that popped out about the same time
it bloomed, none are larger than ladybugs and do not appear to be
growing any at all. Any ideas?