We have this bush in our side yard just on the edge of the woods. Far Guy uses the twigs for stems of his wood carved flowers.
If you ever walked in the woods you would know it if you brushed up against this bush.
It is about ready to flower. Note the thorn?
It is also called Hawthorn or Maythorn ....but we call it Thornapple.
Here you can see lots of those thorns. They stick out every which way.
I don't think I'd want to fall on that bush...lol
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Donna
Aww, I had to look up Thornapples. This name seems to be normally used for another flower. If what you have is what is botanically known as Crataegus monogyna or Crataegus laevigata you're lucky, Jelly from the fruits is a delicacy! But yes to thorns, lots and lots of very prickly and strong ones.
ReplyDeleteLOL! That is my favorite bush-tree...well one of them!
ReplyDeleteNot so much for the thorns but for the shape of the tree, the blossoms and the fruit that is beautiful in the fall with the colors of the leaves.
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I may cut some branches for my winter bouquet in the house this year!
We have a ton of black walnut trees with thorns. They are a pain in our area.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, we used to see those all the time when we lived in Wisconsin.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we have any thornapples this far south. According to Wiki, they are a zone above us though. We do have multiflora rose which is impossible to walk through because of their thousands of sharp thorns.
ReplyDeleteThose are some wicked thorns! We don't have these here.
ReplyDeleteYikes! Those are some impressive thorns. I don't remember seeing them here although I think I would soon learn to avoid them.
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Betsy
Ouch! I don't think I've ever encountered it here, but then again, I'm not that observant.
ReplyDeleteWhew! Those are wicked. We have an invasive tree here called Russian Olive and it has torns like that 4-5" long.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte Mother Owl, Here in Minnesota it is most likely Crataegus chrysocarpa or Fireberry we call it Thornapple. The birds love the fruit in the Fall:)
ReplyDeleteI looked up Crataegus chrysocarpa / Firevberry. Very pretty - and just as edible as our European counterparts. It's a fiddly job to make hawthorn jelly, but the taste is so good!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever seen one. Definitely haven't bumped into one--lol! Glad FarGuy has put them to use and the birds love them. :)
ReplyDeleteDidn't know Hawthorn was good for carving. Lots of it around here.
ReplyDeleteI have one in my yard! I keep trimming it back and warning my mower couple to be careful...it's edged it's way in from the woods. Ouch!
ReplyDeleteThat plant would make quite an impenetrable fence! No deer or other wildlife would risk those thorns.
ReplyDeleteAs we were out and about on the island today we noticed that the red Hawthorn trees are blooming. These are domesticated street trees, but they still have thorns.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing these in the woods when we were kids running around there.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a Hawthorn tree nearby- it is such a medicinal tree.
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