Rhaphiolepis ‘Majestic Beauty’   (syn. Rapiolepis)               Rosaceae

Majestic Beauty Indian Hawthorn            raf-i-o-LE-pis

• Broadleaf evergreen shrub/tree, 10-12 ft (3-3.5 m).  Leaves to 10 cm long, serrated and pointed, initially bronze, turning deep green.  Flowers pink, 2 cm across, some double.
• Sun, somewhat drought tolerant, good resistance to leaf spot (Dirr, 1990, p. 708).
• Hardy to USDA Zone (7) 8,  barely cold hardy here (killed at -3^oF), needs protection.  Some think it is a hybrid between a Rhaphiolepis and an Eriobotrya (loquot), others list it as R ×delacourii, a cross of R. umbellata × R. indica.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: south side Cordley Hall, next to west entrance.