Parsley Hawthorn

Specimen plant for floodplain or mist settings.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit, but not as popular as other haws.

Moist sites. Riverine forests, moist wooded slopes such as ravines and bluffs, stream banks.

• Fall color, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage, Thorns
• Attracts pollinators, especially important for native bees.
• Larval food for hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe), striped hairstreak butterfly(Satyrium liparops), and blinded sphinx moth (Paonias excaecata).