Yamadori Hawthorn Bonsai

Last weekend i was collecting yamadori hawthorn crataegus monogyna and blackthorn prunus spinosa in northern england.

Yamadori hawthorn bonsai. And if i was very lucky to maybe get just one. 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. Bonsai yamadori from tony tickle. I will say what follows with my last breath.

Hawthorn yew and pine. I am particularly happy with this large hawthorn. Eight to nine years ago when i first saw them i thought to myself that s the sort of bonsai i want to create up till this stage i had never really touched any hawthorns had only heard whispers an urban legend of a mystical valley down the south island where there were 100 s of wild yamadori hawthorns something i could only dream about getting to someday. This week 13 march i did my first re pot of 2018.

Only ever put bonsai in bonsai pots putting any plant into a bonsai pot will not ever make it a bonsai. Putting ancient yamadori like this into a bonsai pot at this stage pretty much guarantees it will never ever ever become a bonsai tree. Photo taken the next day pruned lifted back home and straight into a bonsai pot. This is a very old yamadori hawthorn i bought off my mentor kevin willson several years ago when he was having a clear out.

Pot is by the late derek aspinall the soil mixture is very open and well draining. This is an interesting one for a few reasons so i thought i would share it for all to see. Bonsai raw material and yamadori in this section of the web site we offer a selection of raw material suitable for training and development as bonsai. More images on my blog.

In this video i return to the hill my favourite place for collecting old yamadori crataegus monogyna common hawthorn. With the help of cameraman paul ladbrooke i show more of the conditions on. This is a series of photos from a repotting of an old hawthorn from a few years ago. Tony has been working with bonsai since 1983 he specialises in native european trees in particular.

Posts about hawthorn written by tony tickle. Tony trained under the stewardship of takeo kawabe and worked with many of europes leading artists. Board of director for bonsai clubs international 2003 2005 and member of association of british bonsai artists tony is a founding. My passion are deciduous trees and in particular hawthorns regular readers of this blog will be familiar with many of the hawthorns in my collection this post is about the raft and the uro holes i have created over many years.