Post #2267682
2026-05-07 18:03 UTC
@laurenheywood@social.ds106.us @rooftopjaxx@kolektiva.social The red is far superior to my eyes. There is a lot of it around here. I used to have some at the back of my old plot but there are half a dozen red hawthorns down this street where the photos were taken.
They must have been planted as part of the housing development which makes these just over thirty years old.
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@jdb@birdon.social 2026-05-09 06:31
@Broadfork@mastodon.green @laurenheywood@social.ds106.us @rooftopjaxx@kolektiva.social Funny, I have walked country side for years, but I never crossed a red hawthorn, until 2 weeks ago at the nearby supermarket. Though I have crossed paths with both monogyna and laevigata species, it was the first time I saw a red one. Is the red one a cultivar, or is it present in natural conditions somewhere ? The ones shown in pictures here rend to make me think red variants do come from tree nurseries : one single trunk, well-designed heads.