Hawthorn, scientifically known as Crataegus monogyna, is a shrub that has captured the attention of both botanists and health ...

The common hawthorn, or Crataegus monogyna, is planted all over North America as an ornamental tree or shrub. Its bright red berries, also known as “haws,” look like small crabapples and ripen in ...

What is your favourite native tree? Oak? Rowan? Ash? Birch? Hazel? Holly? Alder? Wild Cherry? Yew? Willow? Scots Pine? My own is one that’s strangely underrated by too many Irish gardeners. I say ...

- European hawthorn having deeply cleft leaves and bright red fruits; widely cultivated in many varieties and often grown as impenetrable hedges; established as an escape in eastern North America ...

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