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Hawthorn?? (1 Viewer)
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Michael Frankis
conehead
Hi Colin,
Sounds like a cultivar name. That should be 'Alba Plena', and it means double white flowers.
Double flowers also means sterile, so no berries, so no good for birds - don't plant one!
Michael
Sounds like a cultivar name. That should be 'Alba Plena', and it means double white flowers.
Double flowers also means sterile, so no berries, so no good for birds - don't plant one!
Michael
Joern Lehmhus
Well-known member
Hi Michael, Hi Colin, as far as I know from own experience, double flowers in hawthorn do not mean it doesn´t produce berries. Here they do produce berries, as good as those with normal flowers.
Allthough in general double flowers often do not produce fruit; e.g. in double flowered sweet cherries for example.
Jörn
Allthough in general double flowers often do not produce fruit; e.g. in double flowered sweet cherries for example.
Jörn
Brian Stone
A Stone chatting
The variety 'Rosea Flore Pleno' has pink, double flowers and produces a reduced crop of berries. A good compromise if you want a showy tree and something for the birds. The deep red "Paul's Scarlet" does not produce berries.