Sunday, April 13, 2008

A Washington Hawthorn


These are some SERIOUS thorns on this Washington Hawthorn tree. We have one in our front near our dining room window. It is not a tree you want out in the yard or where someone could unwittingly walk into or onto one of these thorns!

17 comments:

  1. Nothing scares me!! Bring it on, Hawthorn!! LOL

    Nice photo, Neva ... and great info! I won't be climbing one of these anytime soon!

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  2. Wow serious thorns indeed - I've never seen a Hawthorn but this is close enough thanks. Great capture Neva!

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  3. oooooops!!! what a crazy tree, We're back fro Belgium thanks for your post!

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  4. Washington Hawthorns are nasty for children. We took ours down because we were afraid the children would fall into it.

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  5. Those are huuuuge!!

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  6. A strange tree!!
    It defends the house

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  7. Looks like a painful place to lean to rest. Never saw a tree like this one. Really interesting.

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  8. looks like a danger tree, but interesting...

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  9. Never heard or seen of these.. I know of Hawthorns for sure but never this one...

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  10. Now, those are thorns! It's very pretty in an architectural way, isn't it?

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  11. They look like ice picks. Dang, they are big.

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  12. My gosh! Those are huge. I'm glad you got this photo to share with us from inside the window--right?

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  13. I've never seen anything like it. Where are my pruning shears? I hope birds don't get too close either.

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  14. Of all the trees I work with this one that I approach with the utmost respect and care.

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