Red Sun Chinese Hawthorn is a delightful and hardy small tree that offers multi-season interest and edible fruit. In spring, it is covered in clusters of fragrant white flowers that give way to abundant, bright red, berry-like pomes by late summer and fall. The fruit has a unique, tart-sweet flavor perfect for fresh eating, jams, or traditional Chinese confections like tanghulu. With its attractive lobed foliage, ornamental fruit, and exceptional toughness, it's a beautiful and practical choice for edible landscaping, wildlife gardens, or as a resilient street tree.
Abundant, Bright Red Edible Fruit: Produces prolific clusters of small, glossy red fruits that persist into winter, offering a tangy-sweet flavor ideal for fresh eating, preserves, and candying.
Fragrant Spring Blooms and Fall Color: Adorned with showy clusters of fragrant white flowers in spring, followed by fiery orange to red foliage in the fall for a spectacular display.
Exceptional Hardiness and Resilience: Once established, it is remarkably tolerant of drought, heat, cold, poor soils, urban pollution, and is highly resistant to pests and diseases, including rust.
Attracts Wildlife: The flowers are a nectar source for pollinators, while the persistent fruit provides valuable food for birds through the winter months.
Versatile Small Landscape Tree: Perfect as a specimen, in edible gardens, or for naturalizing. Its manageable size and tough nature make it suitable for smaller yards and challenging sites.
