The Spring Debutante
Although it may still be winter where I live, spring is definitely in the air, and the gardens are dressing themselves in blossoms of pink, peach and white. It was mild enough today to go out, so I went for a lovely stroll.
Whilst I was out, I went past one of my favourite spring blossom trees: a large hawthorn tree which stands in the midst of a neglected and overgrown garden of an old Edwardian villa. Walking towards it, I discovered, as I hoped I would, that it was a mass of delicate white blossoms - a mass of beautiful spring debutantes all dressed in white.
Native to the entire northern hemisphere (North America, Asia, Europe, and even North Africa), hawthorns belong to the rosacea family. They are all small, bushy, deciduous trees growing on a single trunk. In European species, the alternate leaves are deeply lobed, from three to nine lobes, while American and Asian species, the leaves are oval and straightforward. The grey bark is fluted and rough.
The Spring Debutante
Although it may still be winter where I live, spring is definitely in the air, and the gardens are dressing themselves in blossoms of pink, peach and white. It was mild enough today to go out, so I went for a lovely stroll.
Whilst I was out, I went past one of my favourite spring blossom trees: a large hawthorn tree which stands in the midst of a neglected and overgrown garden of an old Edwardian villa. Walking towards it, I discovered, as I hoped I would, that it was a mass of delicate white blossoms - a mass of beautiful spring debutantes all dressed in white.
Native to the entire northern hemisphere (North America, Asia, Europe, and even North Africa), hawthorns belong to the rosacea family. They are all small, bushy, deciduous trees growing on a single trunk. In European species, the alternate leaves are deeply lobed, from three to nine lobes, while American and Asian species, the leaves are oval and straightforward. The grey bark is fluted and rough.