Shrubs🌿 Native to the NetherlandsVery hardy — tolerates frost down to -30°C

Coral Hawthorn

Name: Coral Hawthorn (Crataegus rhipidophylla)
Brand: HSMN Planten
SKU: 6a37dd238c011c718e8f4361
Price: 17.95 EUR
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Crataegus rhipidophylla

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Test description for coral hawthorn

Year calendar

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
🌸Blooms
🐝Provides nectar
🍓Bears fruit
🍂Has autumn colour

Pruning period

✂️Best pruning period: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec

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✂️ Pruning period

Best pruning period

Prune coral hawthorn in late winter or early spring. Remove dead, crossing, or overly dense branches. Light, natural pruning is better for flowers and fruits than strict annual pruning.

Botanical profile

Site & soil

Sun, Half shade

Soil type: Clay, Sand, Loam, Humus-rich

Moisture need: Moderately moist, Moist

pH: Slightly acidic (5.5–6.5), Neutral (6.5–7.5), Chalky (>7.5)

Nutrient richness: Moderately nutrient-rich, Nutrient-rich

Humus content: Moderately humus-rich, Humus-rich

Water drainage: Moisture-retentive, Well draining

Appearance & season

Mature height: 200-900cm

Bloom: May-Jun

Autumn colour: Yellow to yellowish-brown. The ornamental value lies mainly in the white flowers, red fruits, and natural thorny shrub form.

Properties

Salt sensitive: Yes

Edible: The ripe red fruits are edible after processing. They taste mildly mealy to slightly sweet-and-sour and can be used for jelly, jam, or syrup; do not eat the hard seeds.

Scent: The flowers have a light, typical hawthorn scent. The scent is not strongly sweet, but the open flowers are attractive to bees, hoverflies, and beetles.

Ecological value

Coral hawthorn is valuable for flower visitors, birds, and natural thickets. The flowers are visited by bees, bumblebees, hoverflies, beetles, and other insects. The red fruits are food for birds and small mammals. The thorny branches offer safe hiding and nesting places for small birds. Like other hawthorns, coral hawthorn contributes to biodiversity in hedges, woodland edges, and thickets. The species is especially interesting for calcareous, humus-rich, and natural planting.

Food web & Biodiversity

🐛 Caterpillars & mothsVery useful

🐝 Bees & bumblebeesExtremely useful

🪰 HoverfliesVery useful

🦋 ButterfliesVery useful

🪲 Beetles & insectsExtremely useful

🐦 BirdsExtremely useful

🐿️ MammalsExtremely useful

🐞 Other animalsVery useful

Coral hawthorn is particularly valuable due to its white flowers, red fruits, and thorny branches. The species provides food, nesting opportunities, and cover in natural hedges and woodland edges.

Distribution in the Netherlands

No distribution map available for Crataegus rhipidophylla.