7 Landscaping Ideas With Indian Hawthorn for a Pretty Yard

Landscaping ideas with Indian hawthorns of the Rosaceae family will surely come in handy so that your yard can look top-notch thanks to your carefully-arranged hawthorns and other plants.

Hawthorns are beautiful shrubs that fit in any scenery, so arranging them in your yard will not be difficult for you. Read this article for some beautiful ideas to try in your yard. 

Landscaping Ideas With Indian Hawthorns

1. Plant a Standalone Hawthorn

Best for	Every type of landscape or garden First-time hawthorn growers
Recommended varieties	Snow White Ballerina Clara
Pros	You get to start with one plant and learn before growing many You can use it as an accent plant
Cons	Hawthorn beauty comes with many plants Other plants may steal the show

The Rhaphiolepis indica hawthorns are very beautiful, as they have a natural ball-like appearance and need just a little pruning to stay in shape. Plants with this look can grow as standalone plants, especially in some corners of your yard. Instead of growing many, plant just a single hawthorn at a spot and maintain it so that it can grow tall, wide, and beautiful.

The problem with standalone plants is that a sick one is very noticeable, as there aren’t others that people can see. This means that you need to regularly check and maintain your hawthorns so that they will stay beautiful in their corner. Also, remember to prune them occasionally.

2. Use Your Hawthorn for Companion Planting

Best for	People who love a colorful landscape An incomplete landscape
Recommended varieties	Pink lady Indian princess
Pros	You get many plants of different colors in your landscape So long as the plants are suitable, you do not need to spend extra on nutrients
Cons	Some plants may compete with your hawthorns for space and nutrients Some plants may steal the show

What is the joy of landscaping if it isn’t to mix different colors in the same yard? To achieve a multicolored landscape, you may want to grow your hawthorns with some companion plants.

A few plants that you can successfully grow with hawthorns are boxwood, cotoneaster, holly, aucuba, juniper wax-leaf privet, and crape myrtle. You must put the specific care needs of your hawthorns and their companions into consideration.

Also, space the plants properly so that there will be no competition for space or nutrients. Remember to prune every plant according to its rate of growth so that every plant in your yard will have the same size and look.

3. Make a Plant Accent With Beautiful Pots

Best for	Identifying specific points in your landscape People who have a rare variety of hawthorns
Recommended varieties	La Vida Mass Snow White
Pros	The beauty is always eye-catching
Cons	Other flowering plants make better accents than hawthorns The plant needs extra care

What if you grow your hawthorns in a unique pot in a unique spot? You can even grow a rare hawthorn variety so that it is easy to distinguish.

An accent plant is important, especially in landscapes, so that people can easily identify a spot. While there are so many types of accent plants that you can grow in your yard, Indian hawthorn shrubs make beautiful ones.

For potted plants, please remember to water them more regularly than the ones going in the ground. Potted plants need more water because the water in pots drains quickly. Also, ensure that the pot has drainage holes and that the potting mix is not compacted so that water can easily drain off. 

4. Create a Pathway With Dwarf Hawthorns

Best for	Making pathways People who have dwarf varieties
Recommended varieties	La Vida Mass Ballerina
Pros	The dwarf hawthorns do not block the way You can use multiple colors of plants on the edge of your pathways
Cons	You need to prune your plants regularly Other types of plants are more suitable to grow to make pathways

To achieve this, you need to grow either Indian hawthorn dwarf varieties or those with a relatively slow growth rate. Hawthorns are beautiful shrubs that you can use to set a pathway in your yard. When hawthorns and other similar shrubs are well-arranged in the landscape, visitors will easily navigate the yard, as they know how to reach wherever they are going.

Hawthorns are advantageous, especially the slow-growing ones, as they will not overgrow into the road. Also, you can take the pathway a step further by growing other types of shrubs with the hawthorns so that you can have multiple colors by the road.

5. Plant Your Hawthorns as Foundation Plants

Best for	People who want to grow plants very close to their homes Slow-growing or shallow-rooted hawthorns
Recommended varieties	La Vida Grande Clara Indian princess
Pros	Bring the beauty of the hawthorn colors near your home Mix hawthorns and other plants for even more beauty
Cons	Hawthorns are not the best foundation plants,  There are many others

Of course, you can grow Indian hawthorns very close to your home so that they can look like a colorful extension of your home. You just need to go for varieties that are either slow-growing or shallow-rooted.

If you want to take the beauty a step further, you should add other plants to your common hawthorns. Just make sure that you know the growth requirements of the plants such as the Indian hawthorn zone and that of the others.

6. Use Your Hawthorns as Groundcovers

Best for	Landscapes with erosion problems Hawthorns with a considerable width
Recommended varieties	La Vida Grande Snow White Indian princess
Pros	You get to protect the soil from erosion The hawthorn adds extra beauty to the landscape
Cons	Hawthorns are not the best groundcover plants There are plenty of other plants

Do you regularly experience erosion in your yard soil? Erosion is a problem for so many people, as their well-designed landscape will look pretty bad just after rainfall or heavy wind. To protect the soil in yards, most people use grasses and other types of ground cover plants. However, you can add extra beauty to your yard when you use hawthorns instead of regular covers.

The problem with hawthorns is that they are not the most effective ground cover plants, as they do not have a wide reach and you’d need to plant so many. Also, they prove to be difficult to remove whenever you want them removed, unlike regular grasses that you can easily remove from the ground.

7. Make a Screen With Your Hawthorn

Best for	People who need privacy in their landscape Hawthorns that can reach considerable height and width
Recommended varieties	La Vida Grande Snow White Indian princess
Pros	Prevent people from entering or seeing some parts of your landscape Cover your landscape with colorful flowers
Cons	There are better plants to use There are also a lot of trees you could rather use as screens

Of course, you can block the view of your yard with hawthorns. Hawthorn varieties with thick vegetation can prevent people outside your yard from seeing the inside of the yard. You just need to maintain your hawthorns properly so that they can grow tall and wide. You can also grow them with other hedge plants if you wish.

For successful screening with hawthorns, you need to take your hawthorn plant care seriously. Ensure regular fertilizing, especially with nitrogen-rich fertilizers so that their foliage can be heavy. Also, prune the plants occasionally so that they stay in shape while serving as hedge plants.

Conclusion

After reading this article, planting Indian hawthorn will be a thing of joy for you.

Just try to remember the following points:

• Prune your plants regularly so that you can maintain the proper Indian hawthorn size, shape, and beauty.
• After knowing what to plant with Indian hawthorns, make sure that you know the growth requirements of the other plant.
• For foundation planting, go for shallow-rooted plants so that they do not destroy your home foundation.
• Make a very colorful landscape by planting your hawthorns with other plants.
• To maintain thick vegetation for your hedge hawthorns, feed them regularly with a nitrogen-rich fertilizer.

Now, it is time to start landscaping. Please remember the Indian hawthorn care tips in this article. If you want to add some color to your garden, check out the most popular purple shrubs with pink flowers guide.