Description

Indian Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis species and hybrids)

 

Indian Hawthorns are mostly low-growing evergreen flowering shrubs with a dense mounded growth habit.  These shrubs are ideal low maintenance plants for use in small gardens and foundation plantings.  Most cultivars grow between 3 and 6 feet tall and about the same in width.  A few are large shrubs than can be trained to a small tree form.  

Indian hawthorns are grown for their attractively neat mounded form and clusters of flowers.  The fragrant pink or white crabapple-like flowers open in clusters above the foliage in mid-April to May.  Blueish-black berries appear in late summer and persists through the winter.  The leathery dark evergreen leaves are rounded and about 2 to 3 inches long that turn purplish in winter.

The compact cultivars of Indian hawthorn are suitable for use as foundation shrubs, white larger cultivars may be used for hedges, mass plantings and screening.  Indian hawthorns are sensitive to cold damage and should be sited in protected areas if grown in the upper part of South Carolina.  

Plants prefer sun, although they will grow in partial shade.  Indian hawthorn prefers moust, well-drained soil, but established shrubs will tolerate drought.  It is tolerant of salt spray and sandy soils and is a good choice for coastal areas.  Pruning is rarely necessary.  If pruning is needed, it should be done just after bloom.

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Varieties:

 

Blueberry Muffin

Blueberry Muffin is very cold hardy with good root rot and foliage disease resistance.  It has white flowers and deep blue fruit.  The leaves turn purple in winter, if grown in the sun.

Clara

Clara is white flowered with reddish new growth that matures to dark green.  It grows 3 to 4 feet tall.  It is moderately resistant to leaf spot.  

Eleanor Tabor™

Eleanor Tabor™ is a pink flowered cultivar that has very good leaf spot resistance, unless planted in less than 6 hours of sun.  Grows to 3 to 5 feet tall.

Eskimo

Eskimo is cold tolerant to 5 degrees F and exhibits very high resistance to leaf spot.  Eskimo grows up to 6 feet tall and 8 feet wide with white flowers.

Georgia Charm

Georgia Charm bears white blossoms and grows 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide.  It has good resistance to leaf spot and is cold hardy.

Georgia Petite

George Petite bears blooms of light pink and white and grows to 2 1/2 feet tall and 3 feet wide.  It has good resistance to leaft spot and is cold hardy.  This is a hybrid.

Gulf Green™

Gulf Green™ grows 3 to 4 feet tall by 3 to 4 feet wide with white flowers.

Indian Princess®

Indian Princess® grows in a compact mounded form with pink flowers that fade to white.  This cultivar is one of the most resistant to leaf spot.

Majestic Beauty®

Majestic Beauty® grows to 8 to 10 feet tall or more by 5 to 10 feet wide with fragrant light pink flowers.  It can be trained as a small tree.  The large leaves have good resistance to leaf spot.

Olivia™

Olivia™ is one of the most disease resistant Indian hawthorns.  It grows to 4 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide with white flowers.

Rosalinda®

Rosalinda® is typically grown as a tree form and reaches 10 to 12 feet tall by 8 to 10 feet wide.

Snow White

Snow White is a dwarf form with a spreading habit to 3 to 4 feet tall by 4 to 6 feet wide.  The flowers are pure white and the leaves are light green.  It has good leaf spot resistance.

Spring Sonata™

Spring Sonata™ grows to 4 feet tall and 5 feet wide with white flowers.  Bloom time is about 2 weeks later than other Indian hawthorns.

 

These cultivars are highly susceptible to leaf spot:

• ‘Enchantress’ also known as ‘Pinkie’
• ‘Fascination’
• ‘Harbinger of Spring’
• ‘Heather’
• ‘Spring Rapture’
• ‘Springtime’
• ‘White Enchantress’

Fungicides for the Control of Entomosporium Leaf Spot on Indian Hawthorn:

• Chlorothalonil
• Myclobutanil
• Propiconazole

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