Indian Hawthorn Bonsai Tree
Small leaves white flowers red berries and a nice bark on old trees.
Indian hawthorn bonsai tree. Indian hawthorns are resilient to many environments and thrive as bonsai. This easy to grow and versatile large shrub with handsome glossy deep green foliage produces huge clusters of fragrant pearl pink flowers in spring. Suited to most climates excluding extreme hot and dry. In spring allow shoots to extend until the growth at the base just begins to harden off then cut back by 3 4.
For bonsai it has a number of good characteristics. Perfect for planting along driveways and parking medians where reflected heat is an issue. Often it is trimmed into small compact hedges or balls for foundation plants. Additionally it is quite easy to achieve a fine ramification on hawthorns.
I often can t resist flowers and this is no exception. Bonsai and gardening. The indian hawthorn rhaphiolepsis bonsai is best known for its pink blooms throughout the year. In late january prune the growth back to create your.
The green industry news presents village nurseries as the explain how to maintain and identify indian hawthorn. Fortunately i found a great bald cypress at a good price instead. This second break will. Mulch and water well regularly until the plant is established usually around 12 weeks.
Close up of the bark close up of the flowers. Plant in a full sun to partly shaded position in the garden. Indian hawthorn bonsai tree measures between 8 and 12 tall potted and arrives in a 8 ceramic pot. Indian hawthorn as a groomsmen s gift for my best man i had bought this tree in hopes of giving it to him to grow eventually into a bonsai.
Indian hawthorn can be shrub or tree. The bald cypress will be much easier to take care of for a beginner bonsai artist because it s so tough. Ideal for container and patio planting and even as a bonsai specimen. Useful as a background shrub privacy screen or small tree with single or multiple trunks.
The tree also has a textured trunk as it gets older giving it more character. The hawthorn is plant that grows like a shrub in most cases and it takes many years to develop thick trunks. It is often found in commercial as well as in private landscapes. It has been successfully pruned into a standard form as well as small dwarf like trees up to 15 feet in height.
The pink flowers turn into dark blue berries.