Crataegus viridis 'Winter King'
Winter King Green Hawthorn

Crataegus viridis ′Winter King′ - Tree in Bloom in Spring

Family:

Rosaceae (Rose Family) 211

Genus:

Crataegus (Hawthorn) 11

Plant Type:

Tree 569

Growth Forms:

Upright 571

Hardiness:

USDA Zone 4 515

Deciduous / Evergreen:

Deciduous 836

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:

May 188

Light Requirements:

Soil Notes:

Prefers medium, well-drained soils, but tolerates many different soil types

Maintenance:

Low 264

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 28

Drought Tolerant 288

Pollution Tolerant 217

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.

Plant Photo Gallery

Tree in Bloom in Spring

Tree with Fruit in Late Summer

Tree with Fruit in Fall

Tree in Winter

Leaf

Flowers

Ripe Fruits

Ripening Fruit

Bark

Bark and Branches

Buds

Old Fruit and Buds

Fruit in Winter

Fruit

Winter Fruit

Fruit - Winter Interest

Winter Habit

51 Crataegus viridis 'Winter King' found

Building Map...

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Number	Accession ID	Location
1	2010_05447*A	FST
2	2014_00085*A	HOCK
3	2014_00087*A	HOCK
4	2010_05387*A	FST
5	2010_04650*A	FST
6	2015_00433*A	DLR
7	2013_00741*A	MJIS
8	ORIG_7374*A	VPRB
9	2010_04651*A	FST
10	2015_00435*A	DLR
11	ORIG_7373*A	VPRB
12	ORIG_3076*A	HIKS
13	2013_00739*A	MJIS
14	2015_00817*A	DLR
15	2010_04954*A	FST
16	2015_00439*A	DLR
17	2015_00440*A	DLR
18	2010_05386*A	FST
19	2015_00431*A	DLR
20	ORIG_9167*A	BRK
21	ORIG_3033*A	HIKS
22	ORIG_9168*A	BRK
23	ORIG_3271*A	PMU
24	2014_00022*C	FST
25	2010_04952*A	FST
26	ORIG_7366*A	VPRB
27	ORIG_9165*A	BRK
28	2015_00437*A	DLR
29	2010_04693*A	FST
30	2015_00936*A	FST
31	2014_00090*A	HOCK
32	ORIG_9166*A	BRK
33	2010_04694*A	FST
34	ORIG_3027*A	HIKS
35	2014_00088*A	HOCK
36	2010_05446*A	FST
37	2015_00818*A	DLR
38	ORIG_3269*A	PMU
39	ORIG_3270*A	PMU
40	2014_00022*A	FST
41	2014_00086*A	HOCK
42	2015_00432*A	DLR
43	2015_00436*A	DLR
44	2010_05448*A	FST
45	2015_00937*A	FST
46	ORIG_3077*A	HIKS
47	2021_00027*F	FST
48	2021_00027*B	FST
49	2021_00027*A	FST
50	2021_00027*C	FST
51	2023_00426*A	HIKS