Collected Hawthorn History

[mcpesq817]

Gorgeous tree - looks like an actual tree in the landscape, imagine that

 

[Zach Smith]

Between rain showers...

Great clean up job, Brian. Thank you for exposing some of the upper branch structure. Too often we see deciduous trees that look like bushes.

Zach

 

[Paulpash]

We see so few great trees in the 'hairy' stage - beginners often keep the tree at the 'ideal' silhouette and these pics are an invaluable lesson to let them go and gain vigour before nipping them back. Great time lapse of the thinning stage too - do you have any close ups of the bare branch twigging Brian?

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Well, it worked....or it was just time, but sections of bark are starting to come loose for the first time in several years. What's even better is that it appears to be nicely in-scale so far. More as it sheds...talk about hard not to pick at!

 

[Dan W.]

Looking great Brian!

My trident from Don looks like it exfoliates bark as well. I've noticed that there seem to be some that do and some don't... I love variety

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Well, the back side (shown) shed more than the front, but always an exciting development.

 

[dkraft81]

Great looking tree. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Brian, great tree that continues to inspire, much like all of your posts and your blog. Thanks for sharing.

 

[CamdenJim]

Made my day - two years ago

Absolutely, without doubt, the single tree that made me want to work with bonsai trees the first time I saw it.
To quote Robert Heinlein, "I am only an egg." But so far I'm an egg that kills trees.
Working on that, though.

 

[md4958]

I really like what you've done with this tree, in particular, the crown.

Many times you see broom style trees that are too round (in that artificial sort of way). I like how your tree has a more of an actual apex, (almost a flame, but not quite as pointy). You managed to make this look like a very natural full size tree, growing by itself in the middle of a field. Well done!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Haven't shared this one in a while...here's a shot of it mostly leafless.

 

[Nybonsai12]

Everybody likes to show deciduous trees while bare. While this one as well as your others are fantastic, I really, really like this in leaf. I'm not sure if it's because of how natural it looks covered in green, or if it's because the leaves don't look like they are crowding each other like some fully leafed out maples sometimes appear to me, but it is really a very appealing visual. As always thanks for sharing your work.

 

[Dav4]

One of my favorites, Brian.

 

[discusmike]

I love the fluted trunk on this type of hawthorn

 

[JudyB]

So nice to see this one each year without leaves, to see the underlying structure. Have you considered minimizing the leftmost upper heavy branch a bit to get some differentiation in the thickness of the major upper branches?

 

[tmmason10]

This is just such a killer tree. So natural, really pleasant to look at.

 

[Dan W.]

One of my favorites too!

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Ditto as one of my faves too! Always inspiring...

 

[benw3790]

really love this tree! looks soooooo natural. great work! thanks for sharing the progression.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Repotted today, in a "new" 60-85 year old pot by Katoaka Akitsugu, who went on to found the Yamaaki kiln. I've been looking for an old cream oval for a couple years, this one isn't, but seems to be close in effect until the right one comes along.