Catalog Description
Eleanor Tabor™ may be the performance queen of Indian Hawthorns. Leaf spot diseases are no problem for her and neither is winter, for disease resistance and cold hardiness are her strengths. Performs well as a low informal hedge or accent plant for the foundation or mixed borders. Grow in full sun for heaviest bloom, but tolerates some shade. Evergreen shrub. Moderate growth to 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide. |
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Average Landscape Size
Moderate growing to 4 ft. tall, 3 ft. wide. |
Key Plant Benefits
Produces profusions of pink flowers. Handsome, young, leathery foliage is often bronzy or red, maturing deep green and is resistant to leaf spot. Excellent groundcover, hedge, accent or foundation shrub. Blue-black berries through winter. |
Care Instructions
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a formal appearance, shear annually after flowering. |
Growth Conditions
| Growth Rate |
 Moderate Growing |
| Growth Habit |
| Round |
| Heat Zones |
High:
| 10 (>150 to 180 days) |
| Low: | 3 (>7 to 14 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 10 (30 to 40 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 7 (0 to 10 F) |
| Water Requirements |
| Once established needs only occasional water. |
| Sun Exposure |
| Full to partial sun |
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Flowering
Flower or Bloom description:
Star-shaped flowers in dense clusters.
| Flower Color |
| Pink |
| Flowering Time/Season |
| Midwinter to spring, again in fall. |
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Attributes
Attractive Fruit
Disease Resistant
Hedge Plant
Repeat Blooming
Spring Flowering |
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