by Dr. F. Alice LeDuc
Black Hawthorn – Crataegus douglasii
I can remember back to my childhood days. My home in California had been built by a gentleman whose grandmother lived in England during the area known as the Cotswold’s. So, in landscaping the grounds around the home he used plants one would find in around English homes. In particular, there was a tree outside my sisters’ window Crataegus ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ Hawthorn, Crataegus lavigata
