Green Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis
Green hawthorn tolerates wet ground and city conditions, carrying clusters of white bloom and a heavy crop of glossy red fruit that persists through winter for cedar waxwings and robins.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 20–35 ft
- Spacing
- 20–35 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline, acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~168 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA