Save The May Tree in your Back Garden...

Crataegus (Hawthorn) is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially the Common Hawthorn C. monogyna, and the unmodified name is often so used in Britain and Ireland. However the name is now also applied to the entire genus, and also to the related Asian genus Rhaphiolepis.


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Common Hawthorn (close up of flowers)


They are shrubs and small trees growing to 5-15 m tall, characterized by their small pome fruit and thorny branches. The bark is smooth grey in young individuals, developing shallow longitudinal fissures with narrow ridges in older trees. The fruits are sometimes known as "haws", from which the name derived. The thorns grow from branches, and are typically 1-3 cm long. The leaves grow spirally arranged on long shoots, and in clusters on spur shoots on the branches or twigs. The leaves themselves have lobed or serrate margins and are somewhat variable shape.
The number of species in the genus depends on taxonomic interpretation, with numerous apomictic microspecies; some botanists recognise a thousand or more species, while others reduce the number to 200 or fewer.
Hawthorns provide food and shelter for many species of birds and mammals, and the flowers are important for many nectar-feeding insects. Hawthorns are also used as food plants by the larvae of a large number of Lepidoptera species — see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Hawthorns.
Many species and hybrids are used as ornamental and street trees. The Common Hawthorn is extensively used in Europe as a hedge plant. Several cultivars of the Midland Hawthorn C. laevigata have been selected for their pink or red flowers. Hawthorns are among the trees most recommended for water-conservation landscapes.


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I have just signed up to join this forum having noticed that the maytree next door, that is proposed to be felled is featured here. :)

We need your help, despite the two directors of Pullingers Furnishers of Hayling Island being repeatedly denied their planning application, they have submitted another and we could all do with you help. To see the maytree, please go to www.maytrees.co.uk

Thanks everyone.

What were the furniture people planning to make out of it.

More trees perhaps.

They may even be moving in to the tree business.

here are some pics of it:


http://www.redoak.co.uk/forum/images/snowmaytrees.jpg




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Amazing. A tree that can use the internets. :O

benchez can deg it up and plant it in yer garden if you wunt for a small cradit card fee?

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Originally Posted by benchez

What were the furniture people planning to make out of it.

More trees perhaps.

They may even be moving in to the tree business.

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No, they want to chop the tree down, along with a walnut and burn them both :cry:. It is a two plot garden; there is room for two houses but they want three. Three means cutting down protected trees :(.

see www.maytrees.co.uk

how would burning it save more www.maytrees.co.uk?

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Originally Posted by Alien5

benchez can deg it up and plant it in yer garden if you wunt for a small cradit card fee?

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LOL I wish, it is enormous, and very beautiful too.

:glag: Chop down a walnut. :lol: