Hawthorn ‘Paul’s Scarlet’

• Spectacular double light-red blossom in early spring
• Thorny, rounded tree with summer foliage and bright autumn berries
• Hardy, wildlife-friendly and ideal for hedging or specimen planting
• RHS Recommended: Award of Garden Merit

‘Crataegus laevigata Pauls Scarlet’ is one of the most ornamental hawthorns you can grow, renowned for its masses of double, light-red flowers that open slightly earlier than most other varieties. A sport of ‘Rosea Flore Pleno’, it has rightly earned the RHS Recommended: Award of Garden Merit for its reliability, beauty and all-round garden performance.

Through summer, the tree carries deeply lobed green leaves on strong, thorny branches, before producing clusters of bright red berries in autumn which attract birds and pollinators. Tough, hardy and tolerant of urban, coastal and exposed conditions, it makes an elegant specimen or a characterful addition to a mixed boundary hedge.

Rootstock: Crataegus monogyna

Height at maturity: 8m (26ft)

Age at despatch: 2 years

Supplied as a bare-root specimen. Trees may be lightly pruned before despatch to encourage strong branching.