Little ray of sunshine in my garden.

Will
Point made!

Mitch

tony wrote:

DangerousBry wrote:No wonder I can't find any decent Prunus.... There all in your Poly tunnel!!!
Bry

The world is a BIG PLACE... get out there... ans stop whingeing

'Ahhh.......' ... That told me

They are easier to spot when they are flowering I guess....
I'm sure there are some growin as heading for next door!! Air layering might be in order =) however the barks not so 'Black'.

Bryan

fantastic trunk Will, the best movement in one I've seen.....by a long way

tony seems to have dug up so many the market is soon to be flooded - prices will be low for years as everyone and his dog will have one haha

Marcus

The US has a plethora of flowering trees, but I don't know of anything the equivalent of sloe. Most of our Rosaceae are very disease prone & not easy to bonsai. And nobody ever brought over a blackthorn & propagated it. You never see them for sale here (that I know of).
Iris

Iris
I have collected some Crataegus marshallii (parsley hawthorn) mine havn't flowered yet but are progressing nicely. I may be wrong but it may be as close as you can get in the States.

Mitch

marcus watts wrote:tony seems to have dug up so many the market is soon to be flooded - prices will be low for years as everyone and his dog will have one haha Marcus

Don't be so sure Marcus. Its because of beautiful trees like Wills that a demand has been made for these fabulous trees. My farmer friend does not have an unlimited supply.

DangerousBry wrote:
'Ahhh.......' ... That told me
Bryan

Bryan, you are in Wrexham, I know that you have many amazing locations within 20 minutes drive...get out there this weekend and look

Thankyou for all the comments and likes. For those who asked, I made the pot a couple of years back and it seems to get a marmite reaction from people.
Will I be in line for one of your newly collected Blackthorns Tony. Seeing as you slid an advert for yourself in the thread? You shameless hussy you

will baddeley wrote:Seeing as you slid an advert for yourself in the thread? You shameless hussy you

Ah... did you see that I encouraged Dangerous to get out there himself though

tony wrote:

will baddeley wrote:Seeing as you slid an advert for yourself in the thread? You shameless hussy you

Ah... did you see that I encouraged Dangerous to get out there himself though

Tony/Will
I'm extremely encouraged!!
I'm seeing Blackthorn flowering all over the place! And I need to be collecting something special for my next visit to "BURRS"

However the weekends been manic..... Roll on 4 day Band holiday.

Bryan

mine a week ago

Another leaf pruning for this one too. Look at the plums on that!!!!

Removed more than half of them once the picture had been taken.

Will and Bryan,

thanks for the encouragement. We don't have blackthorn [ though it did grow easily down here [ from the Isle of Wight back in 94,] until the neighbours cat got it in 2000.
But we do have Erythroxlum ovatum.cav., which comes from the mangrove swamps, flowers as white small stars, and during our dry season, when no rain falls.
Fruit is a tiny red pill.

AND, yes I do know the cousin.
Beautiful trees.

We have another cousin that grows inland as well. Still testing.
Thanks again.
Khaimraj