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Crataegus or Hawthorns have diverse flowers and fruit, are extremely hardy and ideal for the smaller garden. They are deciduous, occasionally semi-evergreen and will tolerate a wide range of soils, urban pollution and coastal conditions.
Known as the “father of the heart” for its antioxidant properties in flowers, shoots and leaves to help angina and blood pressure. Some fruits are particularly edible such as Crataegus arnoldiana, pedicellate and ‘Big Golden Star’. They also make excellent jellies.
Aronia Thorn
Clusters of white flowers with purple anthers in late spring to early summer, followed by yellow-orange berries.
Thorn
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A small American thorn with large white flowers and persistant red fruits in winter. Overall height 16ft.
Common Hawthorn
Perfect hedging plant due to its thorny stems. Glossy green foliage turns bronze and yellow in autumn.
Glastonbury Thorn
Produces leaves earlier than normal and occasionally can flower twice. Height after 10 years 6m.
Upright Hawthorn
A tough and upright, columnar hawthorn. Clusters of white flowers in May followed by red berries.
Grey flaking bark. Deeply cut leaves, grey-green downy beneath. Clusters of single white flowers.
An improved form of Prunifolia with longer thorns and larger, brighter fruits. Height after 10yrs 4.5m x 4m.
Handsome, small tree with rich brown bark. White flowers give way to large persistent orange-red fruits.
Almost thornless with large lobed leaves. Excellent autumn colour and large fruits. Height after 10 years 2.5m.
A rare medium-sized tree with prolific white blossom in spring followed by yellow haws. Practically thornless.
A striking small tree with silvery blue foliage and creamy flowers followed by large purple fruits.
Fast-growing, thorny deciduous tree. White flowers followed by spherical, fleshy, edible, red fruit.