Black Hawthorn vs Smooth Rose - TreeTime.ca

Black Hawthorn vs Smooth Rose

Crataegus douglasii

Rosa blanda

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Black Hawthorn
Smooth Rose

Black Hawthorn is a versatile plant that is native to wetlands and other areas with moist soils, but can also tolerate dry soils. This plant can be grown as a short shrub, or a tree reaching 30 feet tall.

Black Hawthorn is valued for erosion control and attracting pollinators. It also makes an attractive flowering ornamental that can be planted as a specimen or pruned as a hedge. It is commonly used in shelterbelts.

The Smooth Rose is a hardy shrub and is nearly-thornless. This plant is a vigorous grower that is covered in the summer with fragrant, pale pink and white flowers. In the fall, this shrub produces bright-red rose hips that are high in Vitamin C making them great for syrups and preserves.

The Smooth Rose, also known as the Meadow Rose or Prairie Rose, is great for attracting bees and other pollinators to your garden.

Black Hawthorn Quick Facts

Smooth Rose Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 8 m (25 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Moisture: any
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: long
Suckering: medium
Suckering: high
Maintenance: medium


Foliage: contains thorns
Fall colour: yellow to red
Bark: brown to gray
Bark: thin smooth
Flowers: white
Flowers: pink and white
Berries: purplish-black pomes
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, ON
Native to: SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NT
Other Names: crataegus columbiana, douglas hawthorn, douglas' thornapple
Other Names: meadow rose, wild rose