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Crataegus pycnoloba

Crataegus pycnoloba
Photo: Knud Ib Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0

Crataegus pycnoloba is a hawthorn species from the mountains of northern and central Peloponnese in Greece, usually a shrub or occasionally a small tree. It is a cold-hardy, deciduous plant grown mainly in gardens and collections for its flowers and 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 rely mostly on rainfall.
Soil
Well-drained loam or stony soil; tolerates lime.
Temperature
Cold hardy to about -20 °C; best in cool temperate climates.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic: Seeds contain small amounts of cyanogenic compounds, as in many Rosaceae fruit stones, so avoid eating crushed seeds in quantity.
Native range
Greece
Climate
temperate

About

Crataegus pycnoloba is a species of hawthorn in the Rosaceae family. It is native to the mountains of the northern and central Peloponnesus of Greece. The plant is a shrub or rarely a small tree. The fruit are red or dark reddish brown when immature, but later develop a yellow background colour.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crataegus pycnoloba 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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