Hello wondering if anybody can tell me about a tree that grows in my yard I think a native to Washington.I have seen them in other places. It has thorns like a rose bush and gets these small white flowers in the spring. They drop all their leafs in the fall. Also growing around it is something that looks like a rose hip bush but the stickers on it are real soft and it gets these dark pink flowers on it. I would really appriciate any help anyone can give naming these two. Thank you, Care'n
Crataegus species possibly a; Black Hawthorn Rosa gymnocarpa Baldhip rose has numerous almost soft thorns. They both like very similiar locations. Check them out at: http://eflora.bc.ca/
Do any of the wild rose up there grow big enough in time to look like a small tree form? But don't they have pink blossoms anyway? I forget, now. In Oregon, though, I've seen some very old rose in the wild, which could be mistaken for a small tree by some people. Typically, they are just whip-like stems.
