Re: Info on Hawthorn 'Winter King'
- Subject: Re: [SG] Info on Hawthorn 'Winter King'
- From: M* L*
- Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 06:54:11 -0600
I've heard there's one hawthorn that smells like an open sewer. Doubt if
you'd find it in your local nursery. How about a paw-paw? Or a Vitex (I
know it's a shrub, but prune it like a tree). Margaret L
>SOME hawthorn trees and
>says that the flowers really stink and he refuses to have it in his yard.
>I am hoping that the flowers on this particular cultivar do NOT stink, but
>fear the worst. Advice please? Thanks! (I have Dirr's book and he mentions
>that the cockspur hawthorn, Crataegus crusgalli, has "disagreeably
>scented" flowers, but says nothing about the scent of C. viridis, 'Winter
>King'.)
>
>Actually, I am looking for smallish, ornamental trees for a sunny
>location. Was also thinking about a sourwood, another beautiful little
>tree that I THINK will be hardy at the northern edge of zone 6. What else
>should I consider? I have room for maybe three such trees. Thanks.
>
>Bobbi Diehl
>Bloomington, IN
>zone 5/6
