Dec 1, 2023 · 'Winter King': Mostly thornless, this hawthorn produces clusters of white flowers in spring, red to purplish leaves in fall, and bright red fruits in the winter. It's also reported to be resistant to rust and fire blight. It grows best in problematic clay soil.

Dec 28, 2023 · Its leaves are simple, alternate, and have a lobed or serrated margin. In the spring, the tree produces clusters of beautiful white flowers, which are not only visually stunning but also fragrant, attracting pollinators such as bees and butterflies.

May 24, 2019 · The Washington Hawthorn, also known as Crataegus phaenopyrum, is a decorative tree type plant which puts on gorgeous foliage which starts out with leaves that are a reddish purple color, then turn dark green. In the fall of the year, the leaves turn scarlet, purple or …

Washington hawthorn is native from Missouri to the East coast and from Michigan to Florida. The bark is rough and becomes slightly shaggy with age. This plant has thorns on the stems. The simple, alternate leaves are 1 to 3 inches long with three to five lobes. They are triangular with toothed margins.

Jul 6, 2023 · The Washington hawthorn is a small multi-stemmed tree with glossy green, ovate leaves, attractive white flowers, and bright red fruits. Also called the Washington thorn, this deciduous tree has a rounded crown with dense, lush foliage.

Washington hawthorn, a deciduous tree in the Roseaceae (rose) family is noted for its attractive flowers and foliage, bright red fruits long straight thorns, and fall color. It is a small, low-branching, deciduous tree that typically grows 25 to 30 feet tall with a rounded crown.

Leaves of Washington Hawthorn are alternate, ovate, shallowly five-lobed, doubly serrated, and shiny dark green in summer. The thin twigs are covered with straight, sharp thorns as well as the leaves.

Crataegus phaenopyrum, commonly called Washington hawthorn, is native to Missouri where it is primarily found in open ground, thickets and wood margins in the Ozark region of the state (Steyermark). It is noted for its attractive flowers and foliage, bright red fruits and fall color.

Leaf blight attacks most Hawthorns but especially English Hawthorn. The symptoms are small reddish brown spots on the leaves which may run together. Infected leaves drop in August and severely infected trees may be completely bare.

This Haw has small, maple-like, shiny dark leaves that are resistant to Cedar Rust disease. The foliage gets a good orange to red autumn color. The white flower clusters appear in early to mid-June.