Hawthorn Diseases

Hawthorn: Fire blight

Hawthorn: Fire blight categories: Hawthorn Hawthorn Diseases Ornamental trees Ornamentals last review date: 2025-07-08 01:27 Fire blight infected leavesPhoto by: G.G. Grove Biology Fire blight is a bacterial infection of shoots which enters the plant through blossoms, vigorously growing shoot tips, young leaves, and wounds. Blossom clusters appear blighted. Shoots suddenly wilt, turn black and […]

Hawthorn: Leaf spot

Hawthorn: Leaf spot categories: Hawthorn Hawthorn Diseases Ornamental trees Ornamentals last review date: 2025-07-11 09:24 Hawthorn leaf spotPhoto by: R.S. Byther Biology Leaf spot is a fungal disease which can infect hawthorn, photinia, pear, pyracantha, crabapple, and related species. Initial infections are small reddish-brown to grayish spots on the upper or lower leaf surface. The […]

Hawthorn: Rust

Hawthorn: Rust categories: Hawthorn Hawthorn Diseases Ornamental trees Ornamentals last review date: 2025-07-11 09:29 Rust pustules on underside of serviceberry leaf and on petiolePhoto by: R.S. Byther Biology Rust is a fungal disease typically infecting leaves of hawthorn (occasionally also apple and crabapple). It may also be found on green stems and fruit. Initial symptoms […]

Hawthorn: Scab

Hawthorn: Scab categories: Hawthorn Hawthorn Diseases Ornamental trees Ornamentals last review date: 2025-07-11 09:46 Apple scab on leaves and young fruitPhoto by: R.S. Byther Biology Scab of hawthorn is caused by the same fungus that causes scab on apple and crabapple. The disease infects during wet weather in the spring and initially causes small pale, […]