Plant Profile

Rhaphiolepis indica (Indian-hawthorn )

Indian hawthorn is a com broadleaf evergreen shrub from China. It produces fragrant pink flowers from spring intermittently through summer. The leathery, glossy, dark green, lance-shaped leaves are attractive year-round.

Indian hawthorn likes full sun , well-drained, slightly acidic soil. Established plants tolerate some drought. If needed, prune after flowering

Can be used as a low hedge or as a background for a flower border.

Landscape Information
Botanical Description
Horticulture Management

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Plant type: Shrub
Origin: China
Heat Zones: 4 to 12

Hardiness Zones: 8 to 11
Uses: Screen, Hedge, Specimen, Container, Edible, Wildlife, Pollution Tolerant / Urban
Size/Shape

Growth Rate: Moderate

Tree Shape: Round

Canopy Symmetry: Symmetrical

Canopy Density: Dense

Canopy Texture: Medium

Height at Maturity: 1.5 to 3 m

Spread at Maturity: 1.5 to 3 meters

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Foliage

Leaf Arrangement : Opposite

Leaf Venation: Pinnate

Leaf Persistance: Evergreen

Leaf Type: Simple

Leaf Blade: 5 - 10 cm

Leaf Shape: Oblong

Leaf Margins: Serrate

Leaf Texture: Leathery

Color(growing season): Green

Color(changing season): Green
Flower

Flower Showiness: Yes

Flower Size Range: 3 - 7

Flower Type: Panicle

Flower Sexuality: Monoecious (Bisexual)

Flower Scent: Pleasant (Sweet)

Flower Color: Pink

Seasons: Spring, Summer
Trunk

Trunk Susceptibility to Breakage: Generally resists breakage

Number of Trunks: Multi-Trunked
Fruit

Fruit Showiness: Yes

Fruit Size Range: 0 - 1.5

Seasons: Spring, Summer

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By Laitr Keiows [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons
By Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Stan Shebs [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], from Wikimedia Commons
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Tolerance

Frost Tolerant: Yes

Heat Tolerance: No

Drought Tolerance: Yes

Salt Tolerance: Moderate
Requirements

Soil Requirements: Clay, Loam, Sand

Soil Ph Requirements: Acidic, Neutral

Water Requirements: Moderate

Light Requirements: Full, Part
Management

Susceptibility to Pests and Diseases: No

Pruning Requirements: Needed, to develop a strong structure

Fruit/ Leaves/ Flowers litter: No

Surface Rooting: No

Life Span: Less than 25

Diseases: Leaf Spots, Blights

Edible Parts: Fruit

Pests: Nematodes, Scales

Plant Propagation: Seed, Cutting