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Dwarf hawthorn

Crataegus uniflora

Also called One Flowered Hawthorn, One Flower Hawthorn, Oneflower Hawthorn

Dwarf hawthorn
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0

Dwarf hawthorn is a small, shrubby hawthorn native to the southeastern United States and northern Mexico, with single or paired white flowers and hairy yellow to reddish fruit. It is grown mainly as a hardy native shrub or small tree in gardens and naturalized plantings.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then mostly rely on rain; it tolerates occasional dry spells once rooted.
Soil
Moist loamy soil, loamy sand or dry sand; adapts to a range of soil types with good drainage.
Temperature
Hardy to roughly -25 °C or colder; tolerates hot summers.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. & E. U.S.A. to Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas)
Climate
temperate

About

Crataegus uniflora is a species of hawthorn known by the common name one-flowered hawthorn, or dwarf hawthorn. It is native to parts of the southeastern United States. The plant is usually a small bush, but some forms can be a few meters tall. The flowers occur singly or in small clusters. It is a hermaphroditic species. The fruit are hairy and yellow to reddish in colour.

Where it grows

C. uniflora can be found in a wide variety of habitats. It thrives in open light and shaded environments in moist loamy soils, loamy sands, and dry sand.

Other Crataegus plants

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crataegus uniflora 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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