I was looking around the east side of Morton Arboretum in early September 2017 and I came upon this tree labeled as Kansas Hawthorn in th...Read Moree Northern Illinois Collection of L-58/65-90; it was grown from a seed taken from the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, MA. It looks a lot like a Scarlet Hawthorn, Crataegus coccinea (C. pediellata). In Greek scientific names, "oides" means similar to. One source online said it was native to southern IL & MO, to eastern KS to eastern OK, & AR. Another source includes a little of southern Ontario & Quebec, New England, New York, and New Jersey; the arboretum lists it as native from Indiana to Kansas. It was noted as having larger leaves and fruit than many other hawthorns. Growing at Morton, it is definitely hardy in USDA Zone 5a. There still is some confusion about the genus of Hawthorns in regard to its many species.
I was looking around the east side of Morton Arboretum in early September 2017 and I came upon this tree labeled as Kansas Hawthorn in th...Read More