Re: Another Welsh wonder

anttal63 Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:30 pm

I too like where this tree is going, well done Will! cheers

Guest Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:22 pm

Thankyou Walter, Roger and Antonio. Everyones comments are greatly appreciated Very Happy

bonsaistud Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:17 am

G'day Will...

I really like what you are doing with this bonsai...to me, this bonsai looks like a tree...and that works very well for me.

Like Walter said (not quoting), just keep doing what you're doing...

Pat…mounted on my trusted stead, riding off wildly in all directions…

Fuzzy Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:30 pm

will baddeley wrote:Yes this Hawthorn was collected, but not by me. I swapped it for a bunch of Suffolk Elms at Kevin Willsons nursery. I have collected Hawthorns much further south than my place with very little root and had a good success rate. Hedges, forestry commision and waste ground are good places to start.[with permission]

Beautiful tree you have there Will. I’m also interested in the Suffolk Elm you speak of, in fact it’s the first time I’ve heard of it, How does it differ from other Elms? Smile

Guest Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:37 pm

Hello Fuzzy. The reason I called them Suffolk Elms, Is because they were collected in Suffolk Very Happy

. Elms vary enormously across the country and even from village to village. A possible reason for this is population migration and as Elm is a good sourse of animal feed, it is thought that it mght have travelled with settlers.In parts of East Anglia, there are pockets of Elm, genetically similar to Elms found in Spain.

bobby little Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:37 pm

looks to me like you need to lose the whole right side

Very Happy

Guest Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:32 pm

bobby little wrote:looks to me like you need to lose the whole right side
Hope this is a wind up Bobby, or I suggest you go back and read again

Fuzzy Mon Feb 15, 2010 6:51 pm

will baddeley wrote:Hello Fuzzy. The reason I called them Suffolk Elms, Is because they were collected in Suffolk . Elms vary enormously across the country and even from village to village. A possible reason for this is population migration and as Elm is a good sourse of animal feed, it is thought that it mght have travelled with settlers.In parts of East Anglia, there are pockets of Elm, genetically similar to Elms found in Spain.

Cheers Will! Smile

Les S Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:15 pm

Hi Will was one of the elms a raft style, cause I picked one up from Kevin a couple of years ago, he said it was a siberian elm

Guest Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:42 pm

Les S wrote:Hi Will was one of the elms a raft style, cause I picked one up from Kevin a couple of years ago, he said it was a siberian elm

Have you got a picture. If Kev said it was Siberian,then I doubt it was one of mine. I did swap a couple of rafts though.

bobby little Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:12 pm

will baddeley wrote:
bobby little wrote:looks to me like you need to lose the whole right side
Hope this is a wind up Bobby, or I suggest you go back and read again

it was indeed a wind up

Guest Tue Feb 16, 2010 6:30 pm

bobby little wrote:
will baddeley wrote:
bobby little wrote:looks to me like you need to lose the whole right side
Hope this is a wind up Bobby, or I suggest you go back and read again

it was indeed a wind up
Thank goodness for that. I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before but I'm not cutting anything off the right

bobby little Tue Feb 16, 2010 7:23 pm

you listen to little bobby. it's got to go man.

Guest Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:58 pm

bobby little wrote:you listen to little bobby. it's got to go man.

It has all gone man....Except a bit to keep my ears warm man Sad

bobby little Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:13 pm

thee and me both bonny lad.

Guest Mon May 10, 2010 3:55 pm

Thought about putting this one in bonsai questions but also wanted the continuity of this thread for reference. Question. Why has my Hawthorn only flowered on the right side? I pruned everything back after leaf fall, on both sides but not one flower on the left side.

Guest Mon May 10, 2010 3:58 pm

This is the first time it has flowered for me.

mr treevolution Mon May 10, 2010 5:55 pm

Where did this tree spend the winter Will?
Was it tucked away in winter quarters or left out on the bench?
Regards Nick

Guest Mon May 10, 2010 6:05 pm

It spent the winter outside Nick.

mr treevolution Mon May 10, 2010 7:41 pm

My thought was that it was perhaps due to lack of light over the winter, ie stuck away in quarters and not turned.
Deciduous dont need light in winter but good bud development certainly does.
What is the root system like? How much of the root feeds the stronger/ larger RH trunk?
It may be that the LH trunk does not have as much root to support and develop both leaves and flowers yet.
May be worth trying to develop the LHS root system bit more from the next repot, perhaps not pruning that side and pruning the RHS roots back only.
Regards Nick

Guest Mon May 10, 2010 7:56 pm

The roots have never been strong but from memory, they're fairly radial. The branch growth has also been fairly uniform as well. I'll inspect them the next time I repot. Cheers Nick.

Guest Wed May 26, 2010 5:02 pm

At last...Nearly June and the flowers open. Another Welsh wonder - Page 4 Icon_rolleyes

Guest Wed May 26, 2010 5:05 pm

The back.

Guest Wed May 26, 2010 5:07 pm

Close up of flowers.

pmjos Wed May 26, 2010 5:20 pm

I wanted to ask is it a possibility that this tree was once two separate hawthorns that fused together? so that the branched and roots grew long enough to be different but then although fused behaved differently? Sorry if that's a daft thought but it did make me wonder.

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