Royalty free Hawthorn May Blossom In White And Delicate Pink premium stock photo

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The may blossom on a hawthorn tree is most often, but not always, pure white. Here, some of the blossom is tinged with a delicate shade of pink. 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer praised the hawthorn (may) tree in its more usual colouring: Marke the faire blooming of the Hawthorne tree Who finely cloathed in a robe of white, Fills full the wanton eye with May's delight. The Latin name for the hawthorn is Crataegus monogyna. Hawthorn is omitted from some guides to British trees because it often grows to less than 20 feet (3 metres) in height. More white blossom in the month of May: Nature greetings for Easter More UK wild flowers