Pink Hawthorn Blossom

[rscott74]

I don't usually take a great interest in trees but I enjoy the Hawrhorn in blossom which seems to be abundant this year. I have, however. noticed a single plant which produces pink blossom. Is this unusual as, of the 1000's roundabout, this is the only one that has pink flowers.

[aeshna5]

They do occasionally have pink flowers + there are some selected forms in cultivation such as Paul's Scarlet which has much deeper coloured flowers.

[Paul mabbott]

If you look closely at the individual flowers of most hawthrns, you can detect a hint of pink which isn't noticed in the mass bloom. Some are pinker than others! The all-pink ones have been selected by growers to produce decorative trees - commonly set as standards.

[mrs fish]

So would the pink ones not be native ?

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by mrs fish

So would the pink ones not be native ?

Some might be but Wiki suggests that most planted ones are hybrids C. X macrocarpa - Crataegus monogyna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

However it's not impossible that a native pink-flowered shrub could be C. monogyna.

[Bub-les]

the flowers tend to go pinker as they get older.
Barbara

[mrs fish]

Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

Some might be but Wiki suggests that most planted ones are hybrids C. X macrocarpa - Crataegus monogyna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

However it's not impossible that a native pink-flowered shrub could be C. monogyna.

The ones nearby are dark pink and do look out of place , thanks

[Paul mabbott]

I saw this one a couple of weeks back in a farm hedgerow in Derbyshire which looked fairly 'natural'. Makes a change!

[mrs fish]

We had a Hawthorn tree come down at the weekend on the park



The ground has been so wet for so long it was rotten at ground level and this is marsh land anyway, it was also top heavy laden with fruit already.
I checked for nests, luckily there wasn't any. A largish Ash also came down nearby.