Hawthorns

[Gumnuts]

I was curious why Hawthorns are very popular in Europe as bonsai but not common
in Australia? They do grow here very well as a pest species. They make good subjects.

Are they unable to cope with humidity in Sydney in particular??

thanks

[Brad75]

Hi there,

My experience with Hawthorn is that they are susceptible to leaf bugs like lace thrip and get mould a lot in humid conditions. This is in stark contrast to the fact that they like cool misting in summer. The Hawthorn that I collected from beside the Plenty River Creek in Greensborough VIC, near the Athletics track, loved growing as a group planting and had all o the stated problems until I figured out how to deal with them. Real summer babies!

Cheers,

Brad75.

[Rory]

well, Ray Nesci used to have a stack of them as starters and has a few advanced stock for sale too, right in your area in Dural.

what.... is the go.... with your avatar. That looks like a person morphed into a tree ... strange but can't stop gawking.

[Gumnuts]

Thanks for the replies.
I have seen only one Hawthorn at Rays place.
It looked a bit sad and unhappy. Its a shame as they look
great. Orange has the red variety as street plantings and they look brilliant in spring.
Yep the avatar looks unusual,very feminine to me that's why I like it.

[JaseH]

I have one - a Washington Hawthorn I believe. I love the leaf shape and color. I've only had it for about 12mths so am still learning about it.

[Boics]

I have one as well.

Some decent information in the Wiki about them.

https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/wiki/index. ... e=Hawthorn

[Grant Bowie]

I think they do better the further south you go.

They do fine in Canberra and Melbourne.

Grant

[ozzy]

Theres thousands of them in the Adelaide hills, they're growing in places gum trees fear to tread, its got me beat how an introduced deciduous tree from a cooler climate can survive and even thrive on top of a hill through conditions that include months without rain and weeks of plus 35 degree temps but there ya go.