Hawthorn TREE.

[GazSuttonUK]

Sorry if I have posted this in the wrong section.

We have a Hawthorn Tree in our garden that I should imagine is 30 - 40 years old and about 25-30 foot high.
I have been trying to find infomation about this tree and have read that it's flowers are white.

But our tree flowers Pink.
Any idea's why?
Thanks.

[Flummery]

There are quite a few pink flowering hawthorns in our local park. It's a more ornamental variety (allegedly! - I actually like the white ones). It is just a different type.

[Palustris]

If really red then possibly Crataegus laevigata Paul's Scarlet or some C. monogyna go very pink after pollenation to warn the bees off.

[Alice]

It's just a pink variety. Enjoy it.

[chickenjane]

you don't say hoW pink. If it's a deep reddish pink then it'll be oe of the varieties listed by palustris.
If it's more of a hint of pink or pink flushed than you've got a standard hawthorn,but it's flowering pink this year. I

I don't know why they do it but the hawthorns round our way some years are virtually all dead white & some years (like now) many of them are this pretty flushed pink colour.

[anni]

Hi
It could be Crataegus Rosea Flore Pleno (Pink Thorn).
Which is similar to Pauls Scarlet, but with double pink flowers.

Pink Thorn:



Pauls Scarlet:


Anni