Lassee Edible Landscape

HAWTHORNS
(Crataegus spec.)

Varieties:

All varieties have edible fruits. Large fruits: Scarlet hawthorn (C. coccinea), Azarole (C. azarolus), Chinese hawthorn (C. pinnatifida). Many varieties are frost resistant up to -28 °C.


Growth habit and height:

Trees or large shrubs, 6 - 8 m tall.


Location

Sun, not particular, grows in various types of soil.


Uses

1 - 3.5 cm large fruits from September to December. For fresh fruit consumption, jam, fruit tea.