Downy Hawthorn
- Botanical Name
- Crataegus mollis
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 6
- Height
- 20 to 30 feet
- Width
- 20 to 30 feet or wider
- Flowers
- May: white, malodorous
- Fruit
- Red pome, 1-1.5", resembles a small apple
- Fall Color
- Yellow to bronze
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Easy to grow
- Tolerant to pruning
- Problems
- Rusts, leaf blight, fireblight, leaf spots, powdery mildew, scab, leaf blotch miner
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