Melinda Myers

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