MY little hip Hawthorn

[Dav4]

Thanks Dario. I would have preferred using more of the branching down low and make the trunk slightly shorter....if it was not all on the future front of the tree. I would not want to chance chopping lower and not getting the buds that I needed to grow future back branches.

 

[Lazylightningny]

You got some tremendous growth there, Dave. Congrats. Looks like a right healthy tree. How long do you anticipate before your next chop?

 

[md4958]

Great tree with wonderful nebari, and interesting foliage. I may have missed it, but did you mention your vision for this tree? Broom?

 

[Dav4]

You got some tremendous growth there, Dave. Congrats. Looks like a right healthy tree. How long do you anticipate before your next chop?

I'll be letting this grow wild for another year at least to let the leaders thicken up enough to fit the trunk, then I'll cut back hard and start building the branches.

 

[Dav4]

Great tree with wonderful nebari, and interesting foliage. I may have missed it, but did you mention your vision for this tree? Broom?

Broom, definitely. If you can, check out Brian Van Fleets Hawthorn....
http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?5761-Collected-Hawthorn-History&highlight=hawthorn

I got this tree from him...if I can get my tree to look even remotely like his, I'll be stoked.

 

[md4958]

Broom, definitely. If you can, check out Brian Van Fleets Hawthorn....
http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?5761-Collected-Hawthorn-History&highlight=hawthorn

I got this tree from him...if I can get my tree to look even remotely like his, I'll be stoked.

Brian's tree is pretty sweet, and yours definitely has the bones to get there too.

I've never really considered Hawthorns as a species I'd like to grow, but after seeing Doug's (our club president DougDT) in fruit last month, and then your's and Brian's, Im kinda rethinking my stance.

 

[Dav4]

I reduced the number of sub branches and carved the chop stump today. The buds are really swelling and I wanted to get the work done before the tree fully leafed out. The carving will probably get refined over time, but good enough for now. Now, just fert and water this year and watch her grow.

 

[small trees]

That thing is an eyesore, a regular piece of trash! You should probably just throw it away. But give me your address and the location of your trashcan before you do.


It's coming along great, can't wait to see it progress!

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Looks great Dave! BVF's hawthorn is a personal favorite, this one's on it's way...

 

[edprocoat]

Great tree already and am looking forward to watching it get better.

On a side note, 11 years and the wire scars are still visible ? I would have bet that in 11 years it woudl have grown out and not be noticable.

ed

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

On a side note, 11 years and the wire scars are still visible ? I would have bet that in 11 years it woudl have grown out and not be noticable.
ed

How much?

 

[Dav4]

How much?

Even with the warning you gave me about this, I still ended up with wire scars on several of the trunks...not deep but still there. If I'm still able to see these scars in 2025, I might be a little peeved....though if I can end up with a branch structure similar to yours, I might let it stay on my bench.

 

[JudyB]

But after you grow out and cut back, you won't have much of that scarring left right? And maybe since you'll be giving it it's head, it'll heal better? I hope it does for you, it's a lovely sister to the other...

 

[Dav4]

But after you grow out and cut back, you won't have much of that scarring left right? And maybe since you'll be giving it it's head, it'll heal better? I hope it does for you, it's a lovely sister to the other...

Thanks Judy. The only scarring the tree has is down within the first 8" of the sub trunks, and I'll probably be keeping most of that. As you say, growing them out should help, and I'm planning on these at least doubling if not tripling their diameter before cutting back. Still, looking at Brian's tree and realizing that those trunks with the scarring are probably 3 times thicker then when they were wire scarred makes me reluctant to guarantee success in getting rid of them.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Mine were halfway embedded, so I think yours will fade relatively faster.

 

[edprocoat]

How much?

Thats amazing BVF, lol I believed you but thanks anyway for showing me. Is this a delicate skinned tree, or just a variety that the bark does not heal well? Looking at the scars and I can say I like them, they add a certain character to the bark. I know that you were upset when you first seen them and that will stick with you forever, but on a beauty like that I bet you have not had one person ever say " whats with the wire scars".

ed

 

[Dav4]

The bark on the trunk appears to be maturing and has started exfoliating at an accelerated pace...either that, or the tree just died and doesn't know it yet...

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Looks good! Always a bit alarming when the bark sloughs off, isn't it?

 

[Nybonsai12]

Such a cool tree, this would be considered a spreading oak style broom, correct?

Are hawthorns considered slow growers when compared to other deciduous bonsai?

 

[Dav4]

Looks good! Always a bit alarming when the bark sloughs off, isn't it?

It would have been if you had not told me to expect this...thanks for the heads up.