All bareroot plants are freshly lifted to order. Please allow 7-14 days for processing and shipping to ensure the highest quality for you plants.
The Highlights
• Awarded prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit
• Ornamental flowering tree producing abundance of vibrant dark pink double flowers in Spring
• Wildlife-friendly tree great for small gardens
• Red haws cover the tree in Autumn
• Very hardy tree will grow in most conditions including exposed, coastal, urban and moist soils.
Description
• An ever popular, small, rounded garden tree• One of the first trees to flower in Spring.
• After flowering the green foliage is densely packed making this a good option for a garden screening tree if you're looking for a little cover or privacy screening.
• Scarlet red haws in autumn are a delight for birds.
• Foliage turns yellowy bronze in autumn providing further seasonal interest.
• Paul's Scarlet Hawthorn would make an excellent ornamental specimen tree for a small to medium sized garden or as part of a copse.
Also known as Red Hawthorn, Red May tree, Double crimson flowering hawthorn or Hawthorn 'Paul's Scarlet'.
Container options are available here
Crataegus laevigata 'Paul's Scarlet' | Crimson Hawthorn Tree | Bare Root
Whilst smaller trees are often cheaper, easier to handle and more forgiving in terms of their level of care required, a more mature tree can provide a fantastic instant impact if you are able to care for it over the first few years.
- Standard or Feathered?
Standard trees - have a clear stem up to a minimum of 1.8m and a well-formed head of branches.
Feathered trees - Usually has an upright central leader and side brancehs that emerge down the main stem.
- Which Girth Size Should I Choose?
Our most common sizes we offer are relatively easy to ship and plant. The measurement is the circumference of the trunk at 1m above the roots.
6-8cm girth - 2.50m to 2.75m in height
8-10cm girth - 2.75m to 3.00m in height
- Standard or Feathered?
2 trees delivered on time and well protected in transit. Both planted according to instructions kindly provided when purchasing. Stakes also provided. Very helpful advice and efficient sales procedure. Good to be able to visit and view the trees before purchase and discuss species and options. Will definitely shop there again