Washington hawthorns can be grown either single-stemmed or multistemmed and tolerate very high light. A cultivar 'Vaughn' is very salt-tolerant and might be highly desirable in areas where deicing salts are a problem. Service life is 25 years with proper pruning. Flowering Crabapples Malus sp. A wide variety of growth habits are present, but the tree is typically as broad as tall.
Flowers range in color from white to pink and red.
Disease-resistant cultivars tend to be white, but some pink selections are available. Fruit color ranges from red through orange to yellow and green. Crabapples as a group are very stress-tolerant and will grow in full sun to very light shade. Service life is 30-plus years. This hawthorn is vase-shaped, which is unusual in the hawthorns.