Bring your fresh-picked fruit, veggies and herbs ... According to Gaelic and Irish folklore it’s very unlucky to cut down a hawthorn tree at any time other than when it is in full bloom.

If you have not got out and pruned your fruit trees, dogwoods, oaks, hawthorn, and more then it is a job to add to March’s gardening to-do list. Our monthly guide to when to prune trees picks ...

Even when fruit trees belong to the same genus ... try pome fruits like pears since they work well with quince, apple, or hawthorn stocks. Different citrus tree species tolerate each other ...

Additionally, it answers some common questions about hawthorn berries. Hawthorn is a wild fruit tree that grows in various parts of the world, including Europe, North America, and North Africa.

They can be candied, made into fruit leather, or even a savory ketchup-style sauce. Their high pectin content makes them a great candidate for jams and jellies. If you have some hawthorn trees growing ...

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 HAWTHORN tree is native to Ireland and has a long tradition ... More specifically, herbalists claim the flowers, leaves and fruit can help with a number of heart problems.

Until the 1890s, hawthorn trees were believed to be a simple taxonomic ... for a slightly different leaf shape or a different size fruit. Leigh Van Valen, a prominent evolutionary biologist ...

The hawthorn is Beijing's best-known native tree, growing wild in the hilly ranges that surround the Forbidden City. Its fruit - sour little globes with rather starchy pulp - are made into ...

The fruit is attractive to wildlife ... Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli) and Toba Hawthorn (Crataegus x mordenensis 'Toba'). This tree can be a good alternative to flowering crabapple ...