English Hawthorn Bonsai
With small leaves craggy bark fine twigging flowers fruit and the possibility of some autumn colour in warm years english hawthorn is a spectacular species for bonsai and one of the finest deciduous trees for bonsai cultivation in the world.
English hawthorn bonsai. English hawthorn double flowered hawthorn a native of europe this small tree grows only to 20 feet. Small leaves white flowers red berries and a nice bark on old trees. The hawthorn is plant that grows like a shrub in most cases and it takes many years to develop thick trunks. Hawthorn growing on the edge of the welsh mountains.
They are well armed with thorns 1 in. Hawthorn is fully frost hardy and extremely tolerant of a wide range of conditions. The english hawthorn or crataegus monogyna is fast becoming a popular bonsai species around europe as it has some thing of interest on it all year round from lovely white flowers to delicate. Its outstanding feature is its flowers hardy in zones 5 7.
For bonsai it has a number of good characteristics. Long 2 5 cm and clad with glossy dark green 3 to 5 lobed leaves. Hawthorn has to be our finest native deciduous species for use in bonsai however there is always some trouble in paradise the species exhibits two characteristics that often conspire to spoil our enjoyment and reward for the work we expend.