The Washington Hawthorn tree is a great ornamental tree due to its Four season beauty. It has fragrant white flowers in spring, the foliage is lush green in summer and falls in brilliant red and orange and the berries are bright red and persist through the winter. These berries will draw in birds and other animals to your garden, making it more lively. It is a relatively easy to grow and maintain plant that is compact enough to fit into residential landscapes and is somewhat drought tolerant and tolerant of different soil conditions.