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Hedge Rows, Shrubs and plants, Hawthorn
The Hawthorn, Whitethorn, Haegthorn, Quickthorn or May Tree, is one of the most wild, enchanted and sacred of our native trees. Known as the "faerie tree", this beautiful, often thorny little tree can live to a great age, and can be found growing in the wildest of spots. The flowers of the hawthorne are interspersed with the newly opened leaves and look like tiny white balls. When they open they have five snow-white petals set around slender stamens with bright pink heads. When in bloom, the hawthorne is weighted down and has a rich scent that permeates. Hawthorne blossoms contain both male and female parts and are fertilized by insects. Read on > Index Shrubs and Plants Mammals Insects Bilberries Blackberries Elderberries Hawthorn Hazelnuts Hops Rosehips Rowan Sloes
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