Black Hawthorn vs Flowering Raspberry - TreeTime.ca

Black Hawthorn vs Flowering Raspberry

Crataegus douglasii

Rubus odoratus

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Black Hawthorn
Flowering Raspberry

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 Flowering Raspberry is an ornamental shrubby plant that blooms with fragrant light purple flowers throughout the summer and has a large, decorative foliage of bright green leaves. The flowers resemble that of a wildrose, and the foliage turns a bright yellow in the fall. This cultivar produces small red raspberries, similar to that of a thimbleberry, but the fruit is mostly tasteless.

The Flowering Raspberry, also known as Virginia Raspberry or Purple-Flowered Raspberry, makes a great hedge plant and is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard.

Black Hawthorn Quick Facts

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 3a
Height: 8 m (25 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Moisture: any
Moisture: normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: yellow to red
Berries: purplish-black pomes
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Flowers: white
Flowers: purple
Bark: brown to gray
Bark: thornless orange
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: high




Other Names: crataegus columbiana, douglas hawthorn, douglas' thornapple
Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry