how many times do hawthorns bloom?

[se7enthdevil]

hi all, this hawthorn near me always seems to bloom two or even three times per year, my question is, is this normal for a midlands hawthorn???

 

 

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[peatff]

We've got a white one at the bottom of the garden and it's only just coming into bud ( North East Midlands here) and once the blossom has gone that is it for the year as the berries are set. There are a few ornamental pink ones up the road from here and they only flower once usually.

[se7enthdevil]

this does bloom at the normal time as that photo was taken this afternoon but it was in bloom in late autumn early winter. i remember it being the same colour around november-december time.

[devon TWiG]

There is I believe a Crataegus monogyna " biflora" which as the name suggests flowers twice ! It can also be known as the Glastonbury thorn linked to Joseph of Arimethea . However I am sure it is white . I used to quite regularly pass a Laburnum on the outskirts of Helston in Cornwall that was in flower in autumn as well ,these could be a case of seasonal confusion , related to temperature , sunshine etc Others will say this is absolute proof of global warming !! ha ha

[se7enthdevil]

i suppose it was quite warm this last december however that is the second year i've seen it do that i'm sure of it.

 

i shall try to remember to see what it does in autumn.

[nepia]

It's common for plants to flower twice, though the second flowering is weaker than the first. In my own garden Viburnum 'Dawn' and Mahonia do it every year.

[fagus]

My theory is that a flush happens when in Autumn day length and warmth happens to be the same as in the Spring so signalling a flowering.