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Snow White Indian Hawthorn
Rhaphiolepis indica 'Snow White'
Snow White Indian Hawthorn blooms from April through May.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Snow White Indian Hawthorn
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 7–10. Expect it to reach about 3.5 ft tall and 4.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 4 years (a house reading).
No toxicity note is on file for Snow White Indian Hawthorn. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Snow White Indian Hawthorn
Plant Snow White Indian Hawthorn in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 8, the middle of its hardy zones 7 to 10, spring means February to April and fall means September or October. Once settled, it blooms from April to May.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 8, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 8 in February. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Snow White Indian Hawthorn get?
3.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult4.5 ftwideSee Snow White Indian Hawthorn in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Snow White Indian Hawthorn
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Snow White Indian Hawthorn about 4.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Snow White Indian Hawthorn to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Snow White Indian Hawthorn's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 16 published sources on September 26, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Missouri Botanical Garden'Snow White' cultivar pageheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Plant Addicts'Snow White' product pageheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Clemson Home and Garden Information CenterHGIC 1078, Indian Hawthornheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and diseases
- mortellaros.comMortellaro's Nursery ('Snow White' product page)height, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- NC State ExtensionRhaphiolepis indica species pagehardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- calloways.comCalloway's Nursery ('Snow White' page, the NetPS Plant Finder entry)height, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color and soil
- brighterblooms.comBrighter Blooms ('Snow White' product page)height, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color and trait tags
- greenleafnursery.comGreenleaf Nursery Company ('Snow White' plant page)height, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color and trait tags
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Society (Rhaphiolepis indica species record)sun, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- servescape.comServeScape ('Snow White' product page)height, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- covingtonnursery.comCovington's Nursery (guide: Indian Hawthorn in the North Texas Landsca...height, spread, sun, trait tags and diseases
- University of Florida IFASUF/IFAS Extension Charlotte County (blog: Raphiolepis, nice and low in...sun, water and trait tags
- ask.extension.orgAsk Extension (Knowledgebase #728155, Wake County, North Carolina)pests
- Plant Addictstrait tags
- Plant Addictsarticle: Is Indian Hawthorn Poisonous?toxicity
- Plants For A FutureRhaphiolepis indicatoxicity
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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