Crataegus viridis 'Winter King'
Winter King Green Hawthorn

Crataegus viridis ′Winter King′ - Tree in Bloom in Spring
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
White (Clusters of white, showy flowers in spring)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Young leaves are downy in appearance unfolding to a lustrous green by midsummer); Red-Violet (Leaves turn purple to scarlet in fall)
 Fruit Notes:
Red (Fruits (0.25-0.33" dia.) ripen to bright red in early fall and persist into early winter)
 Ultimate Height:
25-35 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
20-25 feet
 Bloom Times:
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers medium, well-drained soils, but tolerates many different soil types
 Maintenance:
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (1.5-3.5" long and 0.75-2.5" wide) are alternate, simple, oblong-ovate to elliptic, serrate, with the terminal portion having more shallow lobes, lustrous dark green above and glabrous below with pubescent veins. Stems are glabrous, gray-brown. Bark is silvery gray, later exfoliating to expose orange-brown inner bark.
 Ecological Functions:
  Special Characteristics:
  • Deer Resistant 16
  • Drought Tolerant 280
  • Pollution Tolerant 217
  • Groupings 199
  • Screen 179
  • Specimen 612
  • Showy Flowers 33
  • Slow Growth Rate 266
  • Winter Interest 103

    • Additional Information

    An attractive, nearly thornless vase-shaped small tree with beautiful white flower corymbs and large, bright red persistent fruits. This cultivar was discovered in a fence row by Bob Simpson in Vincennes, Indiana. Very adaptable, although leaves are often badly infected by rust so that the entire plant appears to be suffering from the measles.

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