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The Hawthorn 🌳, also known as the Whitethorn, can live for up to 400 years. It appears as Huath in the Celtic Ogham & supports hundreds of different species of 🐝🦋, 🐦🪶 and little mammals with its flowers and 🍒 whilst at the same time providing shelter. It is difficult to think of a harder working 🌳. It is also hard to think of a more magical 🌳 or another that is more symbolic of both the light and the dark. Even young saplings look to be from a fairytale. Hawthorn planted around a house are believed to protect the home from the threat of lightning strikes. This would clearly have been a thing of great concern back in a time when the roofs of cottages were made from dried vegetation such as straw & reeds. 🌳🌳🍂💚🍂🌳🌳