| Scientific Name: | Crataegus phaenopyrum |
| Common Name: | Washington hawthorn |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - widely, Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Erosion control, Fall interest, Hedge row, Herb, Security/barrier, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Lustrous, Deltoid, Ovate, Dentate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May |
| Fruit: | Edible, Pome, Orange, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems with thorns to 2cm; leaves alternate, ovate-deltoid, most blades 5-8cm long x 3-5cm wide, irregularly toothed and serrate (even at bases - unlike black hawthorn); flowers white, saucer-shape, May-June; fruit orange berry-like pomes. Winter ID: reddish twigs with thorns, persistent fruit. | |