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I'm in zone 8 in Seattle. I grow our native black haw. The birds also planted a red one, not sure of the species. I will be drying the haws for tea. I also had a Chinese hawthorn that survived the winters but it didn't grow much in the summer... too cold I guess.
-Mark Lee, Seattle, more blueberries ripening, grapes just starting to bloom, pie cherries turning yellow


Jun 28, 2010 08:58:22 PM, nafex@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

>I bought some dried Chinese haws at an Asian grocery. The proprietor said to make
>tea out of them. They make a really delicious tea, sort of apple-cranberry-spice
>flavored. I'm thinking of planting the seeds, although I hear they're hardy
>only to zone 6.
>
>Melissa