| HEIGHT: | 15 - 20 feet |
| SPREAD: | 12 - 20 feet |
| DISTINCTIONS: | Dense canopy with many branches and 1” thorns; dark green leaves with little autumn color; flowers white; ½” red fruit; prefers well-drained acid soils but can tolerate dry soils; full sun; cultivars offer most promise. |
| LIMITATIONS: | Thorny branches; species and many cultivars are susceptible to leaf blight in wet locations. |
| HARDINESS: | SC, SE (Zone 4) |
| ORIGIN: | Europe and northern Africa |
| CULTIVARS: | ‘Aurea’ bright yellow fruits; ‘Crimson Cloud’ single red flowers; resistant to leaf blight; tolerate urban conditions; red hawthorn preferred for SE; ‘Paul's Scarlet’ double red showy flowers; very susceptible to leaf blight, especially in SE where trees are defoliated by blight; ‘Plena’ double white flowers with few fruits; ‘Rosea’ light rose colored flowers; ‘Rosea Flore Pleno’ double rose colored flowers. |
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| The information for this Deciduous Tree (176) was last updated on: 2017-04-09 23:05:25 | |
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