Paul’s Scarlet

Paul’s Scarlet is one of the finest English hawthorns. It features dark pink blossom, often with white centres, which is very attractive to bees. Unusually for a hawthorn they are “double” flowers – the extra petals giving a more pronounced display than the single-flowered forms.

The green leaves also turn a plain yellow in autumn, and are dotted with crimson red berries.

Paul’s Scarlet grows in a neat tidy fashion, making it a good garden tree.

As with most forms of the species Crataegus laevigata, the branches are protected by short thorns. However the main stem tends to be mostly smooth, with only the occasional thorn.