Hawthorne
Craetaegus species (ROSACEAE)
Planting and Growing Hawthorne trees
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow hawthorne trees in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and fruit of hawthorne trees
- Growing conditions for hawthorne
- When to plant hawthorne
- How to plant hawthorne
- How to prune hawthorne
- Watering, fertilizing, and care of hawthorne
- Landscape uses of hawthorne
- Pest and disease control for hawthorne
Growing Hawthorne Trees
Many species and hybrid cultivars of medium-growing, spreading, thorny, deciduous shrubby trees, 15–35 ft. (4.5–11 m) tall and wide and often with multiple trunks, with shiny, deep green, lobed or toothed leaves, 2–4 in. (50–100 mm) long, turning red, yellow in autumn.
Hawthorne Planting and Care Guide
Flowers and Fruit
Many cream, white, flat flower clusters, to 1/2 in. (12 mm) wide, in spring, form abundant, edible, shiny, red fruit, to 1/3 in. (8 mm) wide, in summer, in showy clusters that persist into winter.
Best Climates
U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zones 4–9.
Soil Type and Fertility
Damp, well-drained soil. Fertility: Average–low. 6.0–7.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Full to filtered sun. Space 10–12 ft. (3–3.7 m) apart.
Proper Care
Moderate. Keep damp until established. Avoid fertilizing. Prune in autumn to remove suckers, twiggy growth. Propagate by grafting, seed.
About This Species
Good choice for accents, borders, hedges in natural, wildlife gardens. Fruit attracts birds. Aphid, scale and fireblight susceptible.