The Hawthorn blooms in hedgerows and ancient field boundaries and along the edges of places where things change. It carries with it the entire complicated folklore of thresholds and things happening just out of sight. The Buttercup Yellow version does all of this while being the color of pure uncomplicated cheerfulness, which is either a magnificent contradiction or proof that the most interesting things always contain their own opposites. This ceramic flower has apparently decided to settle that argument. 6 inches across. One screw. No water. We are inclined to accept the ruling.