The Loggerhead Shrike — also called the Butcherbird for its gruesome habit of impaling prey on barbed wire and thorns — is a ...

If you want hummingbirds to nest in your yard, you need to invest in plants that will make them feel safe to do so. Here are ...

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Q: Most years, my hawthorn tree gets lots of brown patches on the leaves. It always seems to grow normally, though, so I wonder if this is a disease I need to worry about? A: Although hawthorn ...

Mullein is not known to have undesirable side effects. Berries from the Hawthorn tree, Crataegus sp., have medicinal value, although the nasty thorns on this tree make collecting them challenging. I ...

The perpetrator was revenged according to legend having one of his eyes taken out by the thorns in the process. Hawthorn Blossom Yet the Hawthorn is also considered to be a tree destined to bring ...

Many of these invasive flowering pears have thorns and aggressively choke out native ... growing on your property with a native small flowering tree, such as Carolina silverbell, Washington hawthorn, ...

and the crown of thorns Jesus wore on the Cross was a hawthorn wreath. This article was originally published in Ireland of the Welcomes magazine. Subscribe now! Although the thorny tree was often ...

In one extended scene, a boy heads into town for the monthly cattle auction, herding the family cows in the rainy dark, over fields and past a fairy fort and a lone hawthorn tree. “He ran ...

His mother, who had a piece of the hawthorn tree from Beauraing ... which is full of sharp thorns. They did not stop until they cleared it all from around the statue. Andrea checked their mouths ...