Scientific Name
Crataegus mollis

Common Name
Down hawthorne

Hardiness Zones: 3-6
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Moderate
Site Requirements: Sun to partial shade; moist well drained soil
Texture: Medium
Form: Rounded to wide spreading
Height: 20 to 30'
Width: --
Leaf: 2 to 4" alternate, simple leaf with sharp serration; gray cast in summer; yellow to bronze to bronze red fall color
Flower/Fruit: 1" white flowers in spring; red fruit in early fall; does not last long
Comments: Native; good but variable tree; varying degrees of throniness; subject to rust disease
Cultivars: --
 



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