Bears (Brian) Hawthorn

This Tree was kindly given to me by Brian when I visited his garden in Cornwall in 2007 Brian was asking a few weeks ago 'how is the Hawthorn?



Here it is 4 years later... photo made this morning

Hi Tony,

Thats an impresive looking tree. Love the base.

Mario

Very nice development and a great Hawthorn, especially the nebari.
Only one thing is better than the nebari...Brian’s kindness


Regards,
roland

What a gift Tony and great progress.

Brian is a great guy and I have been helping him with his trees (when I can) and when I visit.

Looking at the raw material THIS is what members should be collecting, not pencil thin whips that have no character.

Grand job Tony but then i would expect nothing less . Hope this inspires others to collect proper yamadori Brian (Bear )

Hi Tony,
Wow what a Fantastic tree ...
It's definitely where I want to be taking my bonsai future! But it's a struggle to get great material, without it costing the earth. Hopefully our club licence will be granted next year.

I'm amazed how much growth the tree has put on in those 4yrs, you must be feeding it something special!

I'm also interested in seeing the tree without the bamboo background. I'd like to see what you've done with the cut off stump hidden in the top middle of the tree.

Thanks for the inspiration!
Bryan

Bryan... Wrexham is only 90 minutes away... come visit my garden.

Tony this one is going to Sharrif Monsoon who you met at The Best Of British Brian ( Bear )

tony wrote:Bryan... Wrexham is only 90 minutes away... come visit my garden.

A very kind offer... I might take you up on that!

Thanks
Bryan

Hi Tony

Not the least sarcastic [though it is easyer said than done - to find], I couldn't agree more with you, but I think THIS kind of raw material is inferior to shohin lovers

...They are still out there making nice little giants of pencil sticks

regards from Loke Emil

tony wrote:This Tree was kindly given to me by Brian when I visited his garden in Cornwall in 2007 Brian was asking a few weeks ago 'how is the Hawthorn?



Here it is 4 years later... photo made this morning

Thanks for posting that, Tony. That Nebari! I am making it my mission to collect some top quality hawthorn yamadori next year.

Loke Emil wrote:Hi Tony

Not the least sarcastic [though it is easyer said than done - to find], I couldn't agree more with you, but I think THIS kind of raw material is inferior to shohin lovers

...They are still out there making nice little giants of pencil sticks

regards from Loke Emil

Haha

Looking closely between the photographs... Have you been able to re-position the 'front' round slightly... The root to the right (first picture) seems either heavily reduced or almost not there? Very clever!

Cheers
Bryan

DangerousBry wrote:Looking closely between the photographs... Have you been able to re-position the 'front' round slightly... The root to the right (first picture) seems either heavily reduced or almost not there? Very clever!

Cheers
Bryan

Hi Brian, removed for two reasons... A) it was dead... and B) it was simply too exaggerated in taper... even though it was natural.

I am not a lover of the massively dramatic tapering on bonsai as you sometimes see in the field grown Trident Maples.

the tree has been rotated to 'hide' the big cut... the offer to come to my garden still stands

Loke Emil wrote:...They are still out there making nice little giants of pencil sticks regards from Loke Emil

Loke... you ... I... and anyone with any sense of bonsai know that great Shohin starts with Pencil sticks but rarely are great Shohin exhibited that are Pencil Sticks.

That's an excellent Hawthorn you have there.

You've probably answered this a million times but what's your feeding regime for your Hawthorns?

Regards

Tony...the premise being collecting, not exibiting pencil sticks

Any way, raw material like this and your obvious creativeness is everything one could aspire for next spring

...Keep us updated on this one...

/Loke Emil