Green Hawthorn, Southern Hawthorn 'Winter King'

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I am intrigued by Winter King Hawthorn but have no experience with the thorns. Do they fall off the branches? Do they cau...Read Morese trouble when pruning or gardening under the tree? In essence, could barefooted children explore under them?

Thank you for your help!

It is able to germinate the seeds by the way, just not as easy...

Here in Ontario, Canada its fall red/purple foliage and ...Read Moreorange red berries are excellent view! Plants with long thorns should be trimmed. Very easy to grow in full sun to partial shade location for winter interest. The orange red berries hang on the branches through out the winter very well.

One of the best hawthorns, and one of the best trees for winter color. It fruits heavily, and the red fruit is very showy. This is one of...Read More the few red-fruited trees whose fruit usually holds up well through most of the winter. Usually the birds hold off till spring approaches.

I find the white June flowers malodorous, with unpleasant fishy overtones. A bit like callery pear.

This tree is fairly weak-wooded, and I see a lot of trees in this area with major snow damage. Fortunately, it generally seems to re-grow fairly well even after major damage.

This tree is spiny, though less so than many hawthorns---place it where the thorns won't bother passers-by.

Dirr says that in eastern N. America it's hardy in Z4-7.

It is a handsome small tree with a number of good characteristics of lovely foliage, fall color, flowers, fruit, bark, and form. It is mo...Read Morestly planted from landscape architects and designers, as most of the gardening public still does not really know this plant. It is realively new to the market and I mostly see young trees planted with in the last 10 years. It grows about 1.5 ft/yr as many trees do. My concern is that this lovely cultivar is the only one I've seen all over the place. More cultivars and the straight species from seed reproduction should also be used for more genetic diversity in case of some new disease, pest, or condition come along.