Tree of the month....The Hawthorn

[Ian C]

Not nice to work on agreed but an old knarled veteran hawthorn is great to look at especially when in full blossom.

 

Quite agree Sean, as a tree there lovely to look at and have a lot of charm.

[David oakman]

This is how to grow a hawthorn a formal tree:001_smile:

[Stephen Blair]

i hold Ians sentiments in working with them, but they are cool trees, i like the fact the little birds can hide in them in my nieghbours garden when the kestrils are about. Dont really like the smell though when they are in flower

[armchairarborist]

couple of red ones i passed today..

[Hogs Breath]

I know someone who made wine from the berries and found it proved to be a potent laxative!!:lol:

[Yorkshireman]

another red quite nice, but needs a hair cut eh

 

 

typical townee

[sean]

this ones quite nice, but needs a hair cut eh typical townee

 

why does he 'need' a haircut.....he's au natural and doing no harm eh?

[Big J]

Great thread - I have always have a soft spot for Hawthorn. Despite being a smaller tree, I find it has the presence or something far larger. As a child I remember one of my favourite trees for climbing was a (presumably non-thorny!) hawthorn.

 

I hadn't realised that so much of the tree was edible either.

 

Jonathan

[Bolt]

When I started, the bloke I was with reckoned you had to earn your "Thorn Ticket" before you could climb anything else.

 

This was mainly gained in Hawthorn, with a bit of Holly thrown in for contrast.

 

His logic, (he said) was that it was very hard to fall out of a thorn. Hmmmmmm.

[Tony Bigsaw]

Adding to the list of value is the wood of the Hawthorn tree. Trunk wood is used for carvings, and root wood is used in making boxes. When used as firewood, the Hawthorn tree wood burns at an extremely high heat; capable of melting pig iron.

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Hawthorne is also good for turning and makes excellent tool handles.