Crataegus x media 'Paul's Scarlet'
Hawthorn





This cultivar was discovered as a branch sport on a Crataegus laevigata 'Rosea Flore Pleno' in the mid-19th century. Upright tree with a compact, rounded head. Impressive heads of double crimson-red flowers smother the tree in late-spring. Produces red fruits in autumn that birds love. Excellent street tree. Doesn't develop any appreciable autumn colour. Branches have thorns. A very tough tree that will grow in almost all conditions. Crataegus x media is a hybrid between Crataegus monogyna and Crataegus laevigata.
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Family: Rosaceae, rose family, a family of mostly deciduous (but some evergreen), flowering herbs, shrubs, and trees. Learn more about Rosaceae.
Genus: Crataegus, crataegus, derived from the Greek noun κράτος (krátos, 'might, strength, power'), in reference to the great strength of the wood, and from the Greek noun ἀκίς (akís, 'sharp, pointed object'), in reference to some species in this genus having thorns. Commonly known as hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, May-tree, whitethorn, or hawberry, a genus of flowering trees and shrubs native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America.
Species: Crataegus x media, media (Latin, adjective), meaning 'middle, half, intermediate', in reference to the hybrid origin of this hybrid species.
Cultivar: Crataegus x media 'Paul's Scarlet'
Synonyms: Crataegus laevigata 'Paul's Scarlet'
Common Name: Hawthorn
Other Common Name(s): Midland Hawthorn, English Hawthorn, Woodland Hawthorn