Recently I got an e-mail from Dona Pierce, a Cass County Master Gardener who had received a question about thorn apples. She wrote: "I've never heard of thorn apples. A man said they are native to ...

The fruits of hawthorn are much smaller than their cousin, the apple, only about a half-inch in diameter. A close look reveals what might be considered a miniature apple. Indeed, hawthorns are also ...

A beautiful group of native trees often overlooked for our yards and wooded areas are the hawthorn trees. These smaller trees are adorned with showy flowers and fruits that are a delight to both ...

Leaves– Alternate, simple, deciduous, serrate and lobed. 2-4 inches long. Dark green above and paler below. Twigs and Buds– Twigs are slender, grey in color, and armed with an obvious and stiff 1-inch ...

During the season of St. Patrick's Day, one is reminded that Ireland is represented by the color green, and that the nickname the "Emerald Isle" is derived from the plant life of the island. Of course ...

Parsley hawthorn trees grow to about 15 to 20 feet tall. Clusters of white flowers appear in March or April and are soon followed by the foliage, which looks like flat Italian parsley, hence the ...

THE Hawthorn tree is a robust and long-lived genus (Crataegus). Part of the rose family, they light up our countryside boundaries with spectacular blossom and later provide food for our wildlife.

The rare and endangered Harbison’s Hawthorn tree — thought only to exist as a single stalk in Nashville’s Percy Warner Park — has been discovered in Obion County, thanks to the efforts of dedicated ...

IN RECENT weeks we have shared a collective desire to say goodbye to a cold hard winter, whose biting eastern winds stubbornly hung on until early April. Spring’s arrival was confirmed for me by a ...