Question: I have a nice Hawthorn tree that has great red flowers in the spring, but it drops most of its leaves every year by the beginning of September. That's way too early for fall, so why does it ...

Q: We recently moved into a house with a hawthorn tree in the front yard. The tree had beautiful red blooms in spring, but now it has developed unsightly black spots on the leaves. Is there a way to ...

Q: I planted a ‘Winter King’ hawthorn tree 5 years ago and was looking forward to the beautiful red winter fruits. But it is looking worse each year. The leaves come out in spring green enough but ...

Heading into the weekend, we have some pretty exciting news for tree collectors in FarmVille. A new tree is now appearing from Mystery Seedlings, as FVNation has found the Midland Hawthorn trees are ...

A beautiful group of native trees often overlooked for our yards and wooded areas are the hawthorn trees. These smaller trees are adorned with showy flowers and fruits that are a delight to both ...

Leaves– Alternate, simple, deciduous, serrate and lobed. 2-4 inches long. Dark green above and paler below. Twigs and Buds– Twigs are slender, grey in color, and armed with an obvious and stiff 1-inch ...

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 ...

Tree planting was in high gear Thursday as a new feature in Hawthorn Woods' Community Park and part of a continuing village initiative. Twenty-eight trees of six carefully selected varieties were ...

George Orwell 's observation that " to see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle ," comes to mind at the beginning of "Hawthorn," by Bill Vaughn, a magazine writer with bylines in ...