• Eventual Height: 10m
• Eventual Spread: 8m

Price Pruned

Common Hawthorn - Hedging Range

Crataegus monogyna

Fragrant white flowers in May, followed by spherical, glossy, dark red fruit, and deeply lobed, glossy, dark green leaves. Hawthorn makes a great specimen tree or boundary hedge for a range of settings. A valuable food source and refuge for native birds and insects, the spiny thorns serve as a deterrent against potential intruders.

• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: any soil (except water-logged soil)
• Rate of growth: average to fast-growing
• Flowering period: May
• Flower colour: white
• Other features: spherical, glossy, dark red fruit; ideal for the wildlife garden
• Hardiness: fully hardy

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Garden care: In late winter or early spring remove any misplaced, diseased or crossing branches. After pruning apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant

Goes well with: Viburnum opulus 'Compactum', Rosa rugosa var. alba, Lonicera pericymenum, Briza media, Papaver rhoeas, Centaurea cynarus