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Mayhaw Tree (Crataegus Astivalis) - 5 Gallon Pot

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Mayhaw Tree (Crataegus Astivalis) – 5 Gallon Pot

Original price was: $109.97.Current price is: $76.98.

SKU: D2LSC 534795402 Categories: FRAGRANT PLANTS, Fragrant Tree Selections

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Mayhaw Tree

Crataegus aestivalis

Other Names: Apple Hawthorn, Eastern Mayhaw, Hawthorn, May Hawthorn, Thornapples

NOTE: As with all of our other plants and trees, all of our fruit plants are grown in containers outdoors so they are fully rooted and landscape-ready upon arrival.

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-11 Find Your Zone

Shrub Type: Deciduous Flowering Tree

Height at Maturity: 20-30′

Width at Maturity: 20-30′

Spacing: 40 feet for space between trees

Growth Habit / Form: Broad Rounded Crown

Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flower Size: .5-.75″ in clusters

Flowering Period: Spring

Flower Type: Single, 5-petaled, in 3-4 inch clusters

Fragrant Flowers: Yes

Foliage Color: Dark Green with Red undersides

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: Yes – LOADS of edible berries!

Berry Color: Red

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Morning Sun With Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Afternoon Sun, Filtered Sun

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well-Drained to Wet and even Standing Water

Soil pH: 5.0-8.0 (Acid to Alkaline)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention, Beneficial Pollinators, Birds

Resistances: Clay Soil, Deer, Disease, Drought (when established), Heat, Insect, Wet Soil, Standing Water

Description

The Mayhaw, Crataegus aestivalis, is a showy North American native fruit tree known for its love of water, but will also thrive in average garden soil as well, which make it a fine candidate for wet or medium moisture areas in the edible ornamental landscape. In spring, clusters of 5-petaled fragrant white flowers similar to apple blossoms cover the stems. In May, following the flowers are small, cranberry-like red fruits that can be eaten fresh or dried and are highly prized for making fine jellies, preserves, and syrups. You might have heard of or eaten Mayhaw jelly, which has been a delicacy in the southeast for generations. Growing slowly from 20 to 30 feet tall and equally as wide with a rounded canopy, the Mayhaw tree will make a fine addition to landscapes in zones 6a to as far south as 11. It is self-fertile tree, so you only have to plant one to get fruit!

Wildlife Value

The flowers of the Mayhaw Tree provide nectar for beneficial pollinators. It is a larval host plant for Gray Hairstreak, Red-spotted Purple, and Viceroy butterflies.

NOTE: As with all of our other plants and trees, all of our fruit plants are grown in containers outdoors so they are fully rooted and landscape-ready upon arrival.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 20 to 30 feet tall and equally as wide, the Mayhaw Tree is ideal for use as a specimen or in groupings in wet to somewhat dry landscape or woodland borders. It is excellent for use in boggy to wet sites but also thrives in average garden soils, even being quite tolerant to drought when established. A fine addition to food gardens, butterfly and beneficial pollinator gardens, bird and wildlife gardens, North American native plant gardens, and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 35 feet for space between trees

Growing Preferences

The Mayhaw Tree grows best in moist to wet, acidic to alkaline soil of average fertility and in full sun to part shade. It will even grow in standing water, and in clay, sandy and dry soils of average fertility. Good drought tolerance when established. It is self-fertile, meaning it doesn’t need a pollinator in order to produce fruit. No pruning is necessary however responds well to it for shaping purposes and size control.

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