Mid May 2021 .. Newquay. West coast Wales.UK In a park. Berries and flowers on tree at same time. Sorry couldn't reach tree to get any clearer pics. Help appreciated. Thank you.
Thank you. It was so bizarre./interesting. Never seen one with the berries at the same time as new flowers. Birds cannot have wanted the haws. The berries were much larger than ordinary Hawthorn. It made for a VERY handsome specimen. Sea side path ran beside but above the trees so impossible to get really clear pics.
The fruit are very late-ripening, in March or April; apparently inherited from its Mexican parent Crataegus stipulacea. So yes, they are often still on the tree when the new flowers come out, particularly if there's not been any birds around to eat them. In years with Waxwing flocks, it is a good tree for attracting them in late winter / early spring before they migrate north, as there are few other berries left by then.