I found you at the right time, and you are really inspiring me. I rescued a hawthorn at the back of a nursery, the top half was dead, and it had obviously been there some years and was forgotten. I found a great nebari, thick trunk and I think potential. I gave it the major chop this summer but otherwise left it growing in a large bucket and got its health back. I look forward to seeing how it reacts in the Spring.

Thanks, enjoyed your wisdom and trees in this series!

Thank you for sharing and the tips. I'm growing natives and have 4 young hawthorns I'm growing for mame. The tip on when to wire is much appreciated.

wow I think you have the most spectacular hawthorn bonsais, great work, you are a master!

really enjoyed the Hawthorn vids, top stuff!

Great set of videos Tony!

This series was full of great info and trees. Awesome and inspirational work how you developed all of the branch structure on some of those trees from scratch, definitely a journey!

A nice trilogy! Thanks a lot for sharing. greetings Kennet

Great work. Crataegus lends itself so well to bonsai

Very enlightening !!! Thank you !

Thanks Tony 🙂

Very insightful little lesson.. i love hawtorn, seems to be a well favorized tree in england.. you speak alot of them.

Really enjoyed coming back to this video again I’ve acquired a large burning bush for my collection and the branches are too brittle to add movement after they’ve lignified completely so I’ll definitely be using these techniques. Great video thanks for sharing

the journey is the enjoyment because the tree will still be going long after we're gone and a bonsai is never finished til it dies and then it might be incorporated into a Tanuki....hahahaha.....wish i was a tree :D

This is an amazing hawthorn but I must say I think the yamadori shrub takes away from the whole piece. Still great work

Hi Tony wonderfull looking trees thankyou for sharing, a quick question what size wire are you using on the new soft branches

Hi Tony, I am inspired by your work, videos and blog to dig some Hawthorn this year. I live in Victoria, Australia and we're having a fairly mild winter ( it's around 9 degrees C during the day at the moment). You say to collect just as the 'pinpricks of red' buds start to swell. The Hawthorns in my garden have had tiny red buds pretty much all winter. How do I know exactly when to dig? Do I study the buds daily and wait until I see them starting to grow and then collect? I'm worried that as a beginner I might get the timing wrong and reduce the chances of success. I have pots, substrate and black bags all on standby, ready to go. Thank you.

Great videos but how do you blend old wood to new wood without showing a huge cut scar? Hawthorns are majestical!

Could you send seeds off this tree to Brazil? Great trilogy

Great video. All of my collected hawthorns have been struck by what appears to be white powdery mildew plus some browning and holes forming in the leaves. Any suggestions on what’s going wrong?

great vid .love your blackthorns on your site .got any vids on them. ihav acouple of yamadori hawthorns seem to hav few brown leaves this year so do the wild trees hav yours.check out my vid .cheers

I topped a nice tree I found that had fallen over with a huge oak. It has one small branch. Can I encourage more branch growth?