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
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~168 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV
Related native plants
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- Parsley Hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii)
- Black Hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii)
- Littlehip Hawthorn (Crataegus spathulata)
- Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli)
- Washington Hawthorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum)
- Downy Hawthorn (Crataegus mollis)