{"id":1446,"date":"2026-01-23T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:00:01","slug":"january-23rd-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/january-23rd-planting\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawthorn January 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/timo-c-dinger-UpQxz3vr9SU-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" alt=\" Photo by Timo C. Dinger on Unsplash\nphoto of hawthorn flowers\n  \" class=\"wp-image-1447\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@tcdinger?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Timo C. Dinger<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/hawthorn?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a> Hawthorn hedge flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hawthorn Hedges<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many plants can be used for hedges, but hawthorn is the most common. It can be planted as bare-root from Autumn to Spring, so January is as good a time as any. It can also be grown from the seeds from its red berries. But this takes 18 months to achieve. Interspersed along the hedge line are often other trees\u2014either trees for timber, or fruit trees perhaps crab-apples or pear-stocks. Trees were also useful as markers. Before modern surveys, property would be delineated by ancient trees. Hedges could be removed. Trees were more difficult to eradicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawthorn hedges are an oasis for insects, mammals and migrating birds (who eat the berries). It is a lovely plant for May. In fact, it is also called May, or the May Flower or May Tree and also whitethorn. The berries are called &#8216;haws&#8217; hence hawthorn. For more on this, look at <a href=\"https:\/\/whisperingearth.co.uk\/2010\/05\/31\/may-tree-myth-and-medicine\/\">https:\/\/whisperingearth.co.uk. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hawthorns &amp; Folklore<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"781\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/quarry-stained-glass-pos-surrey-the-Met-publich-domain-781x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"a triangle of stained glass on a black background.\nA 'Quarry' of Stained Glass showing the Crown, a hawthorn Bush and initials representing Henry VII and his, Queen, Elizabeth of York.  Possibly from Surrey. Early 16th Century and from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Public Domain).\" class=\"wp-image-4409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/quarry-stained-glass-pos-surrey-the-Met-publich-domain-781x1024.jpeg 781w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/quarry-stained-glass-pos-surrey-the-Met-publich-domain-229x300.jpeg 229w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/quarry-stained-glass-pos-surrey-the-Met-publich-domain-768x1007.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/quarry-stained-glass-pos-surrey-the-Met-publich-domain.jpeg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A &#8216;Quarry&#8217; of Stained Glass showing the Crown, a hawthorn Bush and initials representing Henry VII and his, Queen, Elizabeth of York.  Possibly from Surrey. Early 16th Century and from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Public Domain).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawthorn produces white flowers in Spring.  So, it is one of the great pagan fertility plants, its flowers forming the garlands on May Eve. One of the chemicals in the plant is the same as one given out in decay of flesh.  It is, therefore, associated with death in folklore, and not to be brought into the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was also said to be the thorn in the Crown of Thorns, so sacred. A crown from the helmet of the dead King Richard III was found on a hawthorn bush at the Battle of Bosworth Field.  The victorious Henry VII adopted it for a symbol. . For more on the plant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodlandtrust.org.uk\/trees-woods-and-wildlife\/british-trees\/a-z-of-british-trees\/hawthorn\/\">https:\/\/www.woodlandtrust.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The virtues of Hawthorn<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>John Worlidge, wrote in 1697<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8216;And first, the White-thorn is esteemed the best for fencing; it is raised either of Seeds or Plants; by Plants is the speediest way, but by Seeds where the place will admit of delay, is less charge, and as successful, though it require longer time, they being till the Spring come twelvemonth ere they spring out of the Earth; but when they have past two or three years, they flourish to admiration.&#8217;<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/e\/eebo2\/A67083.0001.001\/1:7.6.7?rgn=div3;view=fulltext;q1=Agriculture+--+Early+works+to+1800\">Systema Agriculturae<\/a> 1697 <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawthorn is an excellent wood for burning, better than oak. It has the hottest fire so that its charcoal could melt pig-iron without the need of a blast. It is also good for making small objects such as boxes, combs, and tool-handles. The wood takes a fine polish, so also used for veneers and cabinets. For advice on the best wood to burn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/november-14th-lay-in-stocks-of-fire-wood-against-the-winter\/\">read my post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawthorn has many medicinal benefits according to herbalists. Mrs Grieve&#8217;s Herbal suggests it was used as a cardiac tonic, to cure sore throats and as a diuretic. (But don&#8217;t try any of these ancient remedies without medical advice!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What to plant in late January<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the time, according to Moon Gardeners, to plant and sow plants that develop below ground. So rhubarb and garlic, fruit trees, bushes, bare-root plants and hedging plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1571 \u2013 The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Exchange,_London\">Royal Exchange<\/a> opens in London. London first Business centre since the Roman Forum, creating the first Bourse in the UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1785 &#8211; &#8216;Boys play on the Plestor at marbles &amp; peg-top. Thrushes sing in the Coppices. Thrushes &amp; blackbirds are much reduced.&#8217; From the  Garden Calendar in Gilbert White&#8217;s Year. the Plestor is the village green; peg-top is a spinning top game. For more on Gilbert White,the inspirer of Darwin,<a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/january-28th-in-season\/\"> see my post<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/january-28th-in-season\/\"> <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1940 &#8211; The coldest day since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/february-12th-1895-the-great-freeze\/\">Great Freeze of February 12th 1895.<\/a>  The Thames froze over for the first time since 1880.  <a href=\"https:\/\/collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk\/objects\/co8223700\/ice-skating-on-the-serpentine\">Lovely photo here of skaters on the Serpentine<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1973 &#8211; Ceasefire in Vietnam agreed in negotiations in Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Published in January 2023, revised 24, 25, 26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawthorn Hedges Many plants can be used for hedges, but hawthorn is the most common. It can be planted as bare-root from Autumn to Spring, so January is as good a time as any. It can also be grown from the seeds from its red berries. But this takes 18 months to achieve. Interspersed along &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/january-23rd-planting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hawthorn January 23rd&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[112,116,119,321,298,115,7,324,98,375,185,712,257,12,322],"tags":[1333,1331,2011,1336,1330,1337,230,1334,1332,341,229,1590,1329],"class_list":["post-1446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-almanac-of-the-past","category-calendar","category-christian-heritage","category-europe","category-farming-history","category-folklore","category-georgian","category-history","category-medical-history","category-mythology","category-nature","category-science","category-stuarts","category-tudor-stuart","category-uk","tag-battle-of-bosworth","tag-crown-of-thorns","tag-darwin","tag-furniture-making","tag-garlands","tag-gilbert-white","tag-hawthorn","tag-hedging","tag-henry-vii","tag-herbal-medicine","tag-may","tag-may-eve","tag-whitethorn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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