Indian Hawthorn
Rhaphiolepis indica
A neat, mounding evergreen covered in fragrant pink or white flowers in spring, with bronze new leaves and blue-black berries that last through winter, ideal for foundations and coastal gardens, where it takes salt spray and sandy soil. Plant it in full sun with good air flow to avoid leaf spot. Deer browse it.
- Mature size
- 4.5 × 4.5 ft
- 1.4 × 1.4 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 8a–10b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to moist
- Blooms
- Apr–May
Indian Hawthorn at its mature size
A mature Indian Hawthorn grows 4 to 6 feet tall and just as wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: NC State Extension, Clemson Extension.
Through the year
What Indian Hawthorn looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Jun–Mar
Leathery dark green leaves, a few blue-black berries.
In flower · Apr–May
Clusters of pink and white flowers over leathery leaves.
Photos
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Growing Indian Hawthorn
- Grows well in
- The Southeast, the Plains and Mountain West, and California.
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Good for
- Hedge, small space, foundation planting, specimen, drought tolerant, winter interest, fragrant, and fast growing
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Southern China
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Indian Hawthorn, that’s about 4.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Indian Hawthorn in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.