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Adorned Hawthorn

Crataegus populnea

Also called Poplar Hawthorn, Poplar Like Hawthorn, Gruber's Hawthorn

Adorned Hawthorn is a small, often multi-stemmed tree or shrub in the rose family, native to the northeastern US and southeastern Canada. It is grown mainly as a hardy ornamental for its flowers and bright orange to red fruit.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply during dry spells in the first years, then let the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained loam; tolerates a range of soil types and pH.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect young plants from extreme heat and drought.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. Canada to Wisconsin and Virginia
Climate
temperate

About

Crataegus populnea is a hawthorn native to the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada. The flowers have about 10 stamens with red to purple anthers, and the fruit are orange to red, about 1 cm in diameter, spherical or oblong. Crataegus compta is a variant with pear-shaped fruit.

Other Crataegus plants

+ Crataegomespilus · Rome hawthorn · May hawthorn · Alabama Hawthorn · Hawthorn · Russian Hawthorn · Grand Rapids hawthorn · Fort Bend hawthorn · Mississippi hawthorn · Phoenix City hawthorn · Hawthorn · Sunny Hawthorn

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crataegus populnea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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