Went for a walk today with the wife on our farm. We plan on opening another area of pasture that has grown over by many pines, and wild fruiting shrubs....prunus and crataegus (hawthorne).
I came across the end of a long row of hawthorn hedge that runs from the driveway all the way back about 100 yards or more. I hadnt paid attention much to them, cause they are way too tall, and to get into the middle of them...well you know (see question #1)
It snowed a day or so ago, so finding these today was kind of a bummer, I cannot see the ground and roots for the area is frozen with leaves, grass and snow. But I took these following photos to give you an idea of what I am talking about.
My question....(even tho they are thorny little buggers.) I have seen some wicked nice Hawthorn bonsai, Would you collect THESE particular trees for bonsai? Me? I am going to first chance I get in spring...WOULD YOU?
When I open up the pasture. They are good as dead anyhow. Our sheep and cattle will wittle these down to nothing. Along with about 100 plus pines and seedlings.
Ok. Heres the story from just looking at them. Someone chopped these down to the ground for whatever reason. they obviously back budded. They are shown with a twenty ounce bottle cap on one of the chops. The average height is just above my knees, or say 25-30 inches. The bases vary between 3 to 5 inches from what I can tell. They all wanna be uprights....brooms etc, perhaps multi-trunks or even clump I see in one. These are I think five different trees, I will recount and edit when I am done. One pic shows three in close proximity to the others. Two are down field.
Hawthorne FAQ
Paul