(Upright Oneseed Hawthorn)

Long grown in its native Europe as a hedge plant, singleseed hawthorn is a small, low-branched, deciduous tree renowned for its toughness. The cultivar 'Stricta' has upright branches forming a narrow crown. It bears clusters of sweet-scented white flowers in showy abundance in late spring, followed by small spherical fruits that ripen red in fall. The small, lobed, glossy dark green leaves do not brighten before dropping in fall. The ascending limbs have attractive yellowish-green bark and brandish...

(Glossy Hawthorn)

A beautiful, trouble-free hawthorn from the eastern and central United States, this small, broad-crowned, deciduous tree offers year-round ornament. Its dense spreading branches bear narrowly oval, sharply toothed leaves that are lustrous dark green before turning fiery colors in fall. The foliage is largely disease-free. Clusters of numerous small white flowers open in late spring, giving rise to bunches of small spherical fruits that ripen red in early fall. The ripe fruits persist through winter....

(Washington Hawthorn)

Washington hawthorn is a small rounded deciduous tree from the eastern United States. The three- to five-lobed, maple-like leaves change from purple when new to glossy dark green in summer to orange or red in fall. Flat clusters of scented white flowers appear in late spring or early summer, followed in fall by bright red berries that hold through much of winter, attracting songbirds. The spreading, horizontal limbs brandish long thorns. The snow-frosted thorns and berries are a highlight of the...

(Manbeck Select Washington Hawthorn, Washington Hawthorn)

Washington hawthorn is a small rounded deciduous tree from the eastern United States. The three- to five-lobed, maple-like leaves change from purple when new to glossy dark green in summer to orange or red in fall. Flat clusters of scented white flowers appear in late spring or early summer, followed in fall by bright red berries that hold through much of winter, attracting songbirds. The spreading, horizontal limbs brandish long thorns. The snow-frosted thorns and berries are a highlight of the...

(Spotted Hawthorn)

With its abundant spring flowers, bright fall color, and picturesque, wide-spreading crown, this small to medium-sized deciduous tree from eastern North America offers year-round interest. Broad and flat-topped in habit, it bears toothed, oval, dull green leaves that turn yellow in fall. The leaves are creased by a prominent midvein and numerous parallel, forward-pointing lateral veins. Numerous clusters of small white flowers open in late spring, giving rise to bunches of spherical to pear-shaped...

(Green Hawthorn)

Green hawthorn is a thorny, vase shaped, deciduous tree that is native to the eastern United States. The glossy green foliage turns red in the fall, while white flowers appear in late spring, attracting bees. There is a showy display of large, red fruit into fall and winter.

Green hawthorn can grow in most soil types but is best in non-alkaline, well drained soil and full sun. This tree is ideal as a specimen or street tree but be aware of the stiff, long thorns that line the wiry branches when...

(Green Hawthorn, Winter King Hawthorn)

With larger red fruits and a prettier form and bark than its parent species, a native of the eastern United States, the selection ‘Winter King’ is a tough and exceptional ornamental tree. A thorny, vase-shaped to rounded, deciduous tree, it has platy bark that exfoliates to reveal tones of gray, green and orange. It blooms with white flowers in the spring, and the glossy, green leaves turn red in the fall. There is a very impressive display of red fruits in fall and into winter.

Winter King hawthorn...

(Hybrid Crocus, Spring Crocus)

A welcome sight in late winter, this heirloom crocus opens its cheerful flowers while the last remnants of snow still linger. Introduced in the mid-twentieth century, it is one of many hybrids that trace their ancestry to Crocus chrysanthus and C. biflorus.

Growing from a small bulb-like storage organ known as a corm, this diminutive herbaceous perennial sends up one to four flowers in winter or early spring, just as the grassy, shiny, dark green leaves emerge. Held...

(Dutch Crocus, Hybrid Crocus, Spring Crocus)

One of many hybrid crocuses that trace their ancestry to Crocus chrysanthus and C. biflorus, this 1967 introduction bears beautiful snowy flowers early in the year. As with all other crocuses, this diminutive herbaceous perennial grows from a small bulb-like storage organ known as a corm. In late winter or early spring, one to four white flowers arise on ankle-high, stalk-like floral tubes. Goblet-shaped when closed, the blossoms have a flame of purplish stipples at the...

(Hybrid Crocus, Spring Crocus)

A welcome sight in late winter, this heirloom crocus opens its cheerful flowers while the last remnants of snow still linger. Introduced in the mid-twentieth century, it is one of many hybrids that trace their ancestry to Crocus chrysanthus and C. biflorus.

Growing from a small bulb-like storage organ known as a corm, this diminutive herbaceous perennial sends up one to four white flowers in winter or early spring, just as the grassy, shiny, dark green leaves emerge....