Paul's Scarlet hawthorn

Paul's Scarlet is one of the finest English hawthorns. The main attraction is the dark pink blossom, often with white centres. Unusually for a hawthorn they are "double" flowers - the extra petals giving a more pronounced display than the single-flowered forms.

The green leaves also turn a plain yellow in autumn, and are dotted with crimson red berries.

Paul's Scarlet grows in a neat tidy fashion, making it a good garden tree.

As with most forms of the species Crataegus laevigata, the branches are protected by short thorns. However the main stem tends to be mostly smooth, with only the occasional thorn.

Paul's Scarlet hawthorn for sale

Pot-grown

All our pot-grown trees are grown for us to our specification by the Frank P Matthews nursery.

• PG12-year 12L pot-grown tree, £72.45
  Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
  

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Tree specification

Photos of trees as supplied | Tree sizes and forms

Next deliveries

Delivery from week commencing 2nd February 2026 onwards.

Delivery charges

Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.

Growing and Training

If you have rabbits in the vicinity be sure to protect the trees, as rabbits like to eat young hawthorn bark.

If you have purchased a 1-year bare-root hawthorn, cut the main stem at about 1.5m - 1.75m to stimulate side shoots the following year. Pot-grown trees have already had this formative training at the nursery and do not need pruning.

History

Paul's Scarlet was named in the 1860s by William Paul, a Victorian plant breeder. It is a sport of the double-flowered hawthorn Rosea Flora Pleno.

British-grown trees

Unlike many garden centres and online retailers, the vast majority of our fruit trees are grown in the UK. Find out more.

All our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance. Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS. Find out more.

Guaranteed fruit trees

When you buy your fruit tree from Orange Pippin Fruit Trees we guarantee it for the first season in your garden while it gets established. If it doesn't grow successfully, we'll either replace it the following season or offer a refund, subject to some conditions. Find out more.