Washington Hawthorn
- Botanical Name
- Crataegus phaenopyrum
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 8
- Height
- 25 to 30 feet
- Width
- 20 to 25 feet
- Flowers
- June: white, not as malodorous as other hawthorns
- Fruit
- Red pome, resembling a small apple
- Fall Color
- Orange-scarlet to purple
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Transplant as balled and burlap in early spring
- Urban tolerant
- Problems
- Fireblight, leaf blotch miner, scab, rust, subject to winter damage
- Varieties
- Fastigiata & Princeton Sentry - columnar form, 30x20'
- Vaughn - less thorns, more upright, salt spray tolerance
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