After taking a hard look at all my Mayhaws, I am well pleased. With few exceptions, where the trees still struggle to form roots because I had pruned away too much root at collection, the rest have responded well to bonsai training. They are all either in training mica pot or grow boxes. Wiring of the hawthorn is easy when done at the right time i.e. when the shoots are half-way hardened. The only caution is that the connection between the branch and the trunk easily break off at this time so much care is needed when starting the wiring process at the base of the branch. If a crack occurs at the base of the branch, no matter how I try, the branch does not fare well and usually die.