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HAWTHORN, MAYTHORN (CRATAEGUS
MONOGYNA)
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5 grams (approx 40 seeds) £1.10

10 grams (approx 80 seeds) £1.65
25 grams (approx 197 seeds) £2.50
50 grams (approx 395 seeds) £3.90
100 grams (approx 790 seeds) £7.25
250 grams (approx 1975 seeds) £15.50
500 grams (approx 3950 seeds £25.00
1000 grams (approx 7900 seeds) £40.00

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Hawthorn is extensively planted as a hedge plant, especially for agricultural use. Its long, sharp spines and close branching habit
render it e ectively stock and human proof with regular annual maintenance. The traditional practice of hedge laying is most
commonly practised with this species.

Left untrimmed it forms a shrub or small tree 5–14m tall, with a dense crown. The bark is dull brown with vertical orange cracks. It
is tolerant of a very wide range of soil types and conditions but will not grow on waterlogged soils. It is very tough and wind
resistant and forms an important upland landscape feature. It is capable of growing in semi shade as an under story shrub under
light woodland but will ower and fruit poorly under these conditions. 

The owers are produced in late spring and are moderately fragrant. They are pollinated by midges, bees and other insects. The
fruits known as haw,s ripen in September are edible raw but are commonly made into jellies, jams, and syrups and even wine. 
Haws are an important food source for wildlife in winter, particularly thrushes, waxwings and many others.

GERMINATION, SOWING AND AFTER CARE INFORMATION FOR

HAWTHORN (CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA)

Hawthorn seeds have a deep dormancy within them, this requires a degree of patience to overcome and it is usually quite easy to
get high levels of germination if the correct procedures are followed.

First prepare a free draining substrate into which the seeds are to be mixed, this can be a 50/50 mixture of compost and sharp
sand, or perlite, vermiculite. The chosen substrate needs to be moist (but not wet), if you can squeeze water out of it with your
hand it is too wet and your seeds may drown and die. Mix the seeds into the substrate, making sure that their is enough volume of
material to keep the seeds separated.

Place the seed mixture into a clear plastic bag (freezer bags, especially zip-lock bags are very useful for this -provided a little gap
is left in the seal for air exchange) If it is not a zip-lock type bag it needs to be loosely tied. Then write the date on the bag so that
you know when the pretreatment was started.

The seeds rst require a period of warm pretreatment and need to be kept in temperatures of 20 Celsius (68F) for a period of 8
weeks . During this time make sure that the pretreatment medium does not dry out at any stage or it will be ine ective!

Next the seeds require a cold period to break the nal part of the dormancy, this is easily achieved by placing the bag in the fridge
at (4 Celsius or 39F) for at least 12 weeks (although it can take as many as 16 weeks for signs of germination to show). It is quite
possible for the seeds to germinate in the bag at these temperatures when they are ready to do so, if they do, just remove them
from the bag and carefully plant them up.

When the period of pre treatment has nished the seed should be ready to be planted. Small quantities can be sown in pots or
seed trays lled with a good quality compost and cover them with a thin layer of compost no more than 1cm deep. For larger
quantities it is easiest to sow the seeds in a well prepared seedbed outdoors once the warm and cold pretreatments have nished
and wait for the seedlings to appear.

It has also been found that uctuating pretreatment temperatures can give the best germination results and I have myself had
excellent results by keeping the mixed seeds in a cold shed through the winter for the cold stage of their pretreatment and
allowing the temperature to uctuate naturally. Ungerminated seeds can have the whole warm and cold process repeated again
to enable more seeds to germinate. Fresh seedlings can keep germinating for up to 5 years after the original sowing date.

Do not expose newly sown seeds to high temperatures (above 25 Celsius). Keep the seedlings well watered and weed free.
Growth in the rst year is usually between 10 and 50cm depending on the time of germination and cultural techniques and
developing seedlings are usually trouble free. Allow them to grow for 1 or 2 years before planting them in a permanent position.

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