Imports of hawthorn are putting native hawthorn trees and hedges — as well as cotoneaster, apple, pear, and rowan — at risk and must be halted immediately say environmental groups.

Native trees planted above A82 to prevent landslips. Story by Jennifer Bowey - BBC Scotland News • 38m. ... hawthorn, hazel, birch, cherry and oak are being planted in their place.

Until the 1890s, hawthorn trees were believed to be a simple taxonomic group, ... Arthur Haines, a senior research botanist at the Native Plant Trust who has studied hawthorns for decades, ...

Common native hawthorn used to be guaranteed for Chelsea, but designers are now looking at closely-related plants from around the world, and the National Trust garden features an American species ...

Q: We were planning on using a native hawthorn as a boundary hedge around our country garden. But a friend has warned us off it, saying that there’s a disease spreading throughout Europe that ...

Growing conditions have affected the plants in a National Trust exhibit at the flower show, and the charity says its gardens face a changing climate.