AusBonsai

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I have one as well.

Some decent information in the Wiki about them.

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

I think they do better the further south you go.

They do fine in Canberra and Melbourne.

Grant

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.