Chinese Hawthorn Seeds

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Latin name: Crataegus pinnatifida
Uses: Edible, Medicinal
Lifecycle: Perennial (zone 5-9)

Seeds from the Chinese Hawthorn cultivar ‘Super Venus’.

Chinese Hawthorn is a species native to Eastern Asia. The small to medium sized deciduous tree is relatively easy to grow and disease resistant. Unlike most Hawthorns, this species has only a few short thorns, is more open and upright, and grows much larger fruit. The fruit has lightly freckled, bright red skin, getting up to 1.5 in (38 mm) in diameter. The flesh of the fruit resembles a tart, soft textured apple. The Chinese Hawthorn has a long tradition in northern Chinese cuisine, where fruits are used to make desserts, candies, jam, jelly, wine and condiments.

Medicinally the dried fruits of have been used as a digestive aid or made as a tea or tincture used to improve circulation, traditionally used to improve heart health.

25 seeds

Latin name: Crataegus pinnatifida
Uses: Edible, Medicinal
Lifecycle: Perennial (zone 5-9)

Seeds from the Chinese Hawthorn cultivar ‘Super Venus’.

Chinese Hawthorn is a species native to Eastern Asia. The small to medium sized deciduous tree is relatively easy to grow and disease resistant. Unlike most Hawthorns, this species has only a few short thorns, is more open and upright, and grows much larger fruit. The fruit has lightly freckled, bright red skin, getting up to 1.5 in (38 mm) in diameter. The flesh of the fruit resembles a tart, soft textured apple. The Chinese Hawthorn has a long tradition in northern Chinese cuisine, where fruits are used to make desserts, candies, jam, jelly, wine and condiments.

Medicinally the dried fruits of have been used as a digestive aid or made as a tea or tincture used to improve circulation, traditionally used to improve heart health.

25 seeds

Growing:
This is a 'Double dormant' species which normally must spend two consecutive winters in the ground in order to break dormancy. The following warm-cold-warm sequence is known to speed germination, though patience is required. Allow any ungerminated seeds a second year.

Warm-stratify 60 days in a bag with semi-moist peat moss or sand. Then cold-stratify 60 days in the fridge or cold-frame with fresh seed-starting mix. Sow seeds 3/4" deep in pots with fresh seed-starting mix. Place in warm indirect sunlight and keep moist. Germination should occur in 4-6 weeks. Repot as needed. Transplant in permanent location once well-established after last spring frost. Protect during the first few winters. Prefers and performs best in full sun, will tolerate partial shade. Trees grown from seed take from 5 to 8 years to start bearing fruit; grafted trees often flower heavily in their third year. Self-Fertile

Height: 15 ft. 0 in. - 23 ft. 0 in.
Width: 10 ft. 0 in. - 23 ft. 0 in.