Michigan Gardening: Growing Roses in Michigan, 1 by fishking54

fishking54 wrote:
Tree like a rose, I have about 5 hawthorn trees,
they have thorns about 10 times the size of a
rose. Every time I mow the lawn I end up with
one stuck in a tire. I finally foud this stuff called
http://www.slime.com/ Slime it works great.
I'll attach a photo of one of my larger hawthorns
right of the flag
Edit for a somewhat bizarre link http://www.controverscial.com/Hawthorn.htm
I had never seen a hawthorne tree till we moved here about
5 years ago. One thing I know is that birds love this tree?
It gets a small flower in the spring. and berry later.
In the winter there are always alot of birds in this tree
way more then any of the other ones close by.

This message was edited May 5, 2005 12:45 AM