Crataegus..Collected Hawthorn (pink flowers)

bodhidharma · Post by **bodhidharma** » August 10th, 2013, 5:34 pm

This was collected in2009'ish and has now got enough progress to start styling. Not many options with a stump like this but i am warming to squat, thick trees with lots of branching. it hasnt given me flowers as yet but it should be a nice show when it does. Not a huge fan of Hawthorns but if i cut all the thorns off prior to commencing work on it i save lots of "ouchs"

miyagiman · Post by **miyagiman** » August 10th, 2013, 6:29 pm

Very nice work there my friend, and pink flowers, i'm jealous. miyagiman.

Webos · Post by **Webos** » August 10th, 2013, 6:46 pm

Mate... Great tree. I look forward to seeing this one as it develops

Adam

Damian79 · Post by **Damian79** » August 10th, 2013, 9:00 pm

Hi Diederik
I have a couple of Hawthorns I collected at the start of winter that have great potential. Got any tips?
Cheers
Damian

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » August 10th, 2013, 9:46 pm

miyagiman wrote:Very nice work there my friend, and pink flowers, i'm jealous. miyagiman.

Dido Me too !!!

peterb · Post by **peterb** » August 11th, 2013, 4:55 pm

hi bodhi
I am green with envy . my neighbor has a pauls scarlett in his yard i've tried several times to layer it ( as the miserible wretch won't let me dig it up ) but to no avail. I have now taken some scions and put them in the fridge to graft to two common hawthorn seedlings i prepared last year you are a very lucky man

regards
peterb

Watto · Post by **Watto** » August 11th, 2013, 6:38 pm

Bodhi - if you haven't seen the flowers yet, how do you know they are pink?
Watto

bodhidharma · Post by **bodhidharma** » August 12th, 2013, 11:56 am

Watto wrote:Bodhi - if you haven't seen the flowers yet, how do you know they are pink?
Watto

I heard it from a guy that told another guy who said...Just kidding, the Owner of the garden i dug it out of told me. I have yet to get one to flower anyway or berry for that matter. It has really great Autumn colour and that is why i bother.

Post by **Steven** » August 12th, 2013, 5:12 pm

Nice progress so far Diederik! How is the chopped bit looking? Once it was carved out do you think it could be a useful feature?

Regards,
Steven

Watto · Post by **Watto** » August 12th, 2013, 5:30 pm

Thanks Bodhi, I was just being a smart aleck, but I am really interested in this bonsai. I also own a pink flowering hawthorn and plan to work on it this year. Yours has a big advantage in having plenty of branches to pick from and use, alas mine will have but a few. When I start the process I will post.
Thanks for whetting my appetite.

AusBonsai

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