do you want a hawthorn.

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  1. wonkeyeye

    wonkeyeye Apprentice Gardener

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    I have a hawthorn tree in a pot and it is about 4 ft. or so tall. It doesn't seem to like the said pot and I think it needs to go in the ground. It never flowers and the leaves are fairly sparse. It is not deseased and you are welcome to give it a good home.

    Please contact me if interest :( ed.
     
  2. wonkeyeye

    wonkeyeye Apprentice Gardener

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    my tree is still up for grabs. Free.
     
  3. Fran

    Fran Gardener

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    Sorry not for me - I got them but I would highly recommend them - great for spring and winter colour til the birds strip the berries. Great small tree.
     
  4. frogesque

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    Hawthorn, or May Flower as I prefer, has deliciously scented blossom, a beautifull leaf and some pretty viscious thorns that will deter intruders if planted in a hege or 'at risk' area. Unfortunately for me, all the gardens I work in regularly have self set seedlings crop up so I have to pull them before the roots get a good hold. They are small trees with deep roots so will be cramped in a pot athough you could grow them as a Bonsi.

    There are also red and pink flowered varieties (Crataegus laevigata 'Paul�s Scarlet', a double, is a cracker!)which make excellent, well shaped specimens and The 'Glastonbury Thorn' (Monogyna Praecox) which flowers around Christmas time.

    [ 28. September 2005, 01:44 PM: Message edited by: frogesque ]
     
  5. hans

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    If it had been a blackthorn and a bottle of Gin ...
     
  6. poshpaws

    poshpaws Apprentice Gardener

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    I would love to give it a good home, hawthorn is one of my very favourite trees .. but it might cost hugely to get it from you to Scotland. :(

    If it's still looking for love tho' I'll ask the company who transport horses up here regularly if they'd stick a tree in for me ... they brought me Frizzle bantams once for the price of a bottle of whisky ;)
     
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