Dolgo Crab Apple vs White Meadowsweet - TreeTime.ca

Dolgo Crab Apple vs White Meadowsweet

Malus x Dolgo

Spiraea alba

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Dolgo Crab Apple
White Meadowsweet

Dolgo Crab Apple is one of the hardiest species of crab apple.

This fruit tree accent tree combination is commonly used in urban landscapes.

Dolgo Crab Apple produces clusters of white flowers before its deep green foliage emerges. Its small apple-like fruit is great for jams and jellies.

White Meadowsweet is a woody, deciduous shrub that begins to bloom in early summer with small white and pink flowers. Its foliage turns from a light green into an attractive golden-yellow later in the fall.

The White Meadowsweet, also known as Mead-Wort or Bride-Wort, is favored by birds and butterflies but is largely ignored by deer. They produce small brown berries in the summer, and while they are technically edible, they are not sweet and are more desired by wildlife.

Dolgo Crab Apple Quick Facts

White Meadowsweet Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 10 m (33 ft)
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 10 m (33 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: high
Maintenance: medium


Fall colour: golden yellow
Flowers: white
Flowers: white, small
Fruit: small apples
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: dolgo apple
Other Names: mead wort, meadowsweet, narrowleaf meadowsweet, pale bridewort, pipestem