Black Hawthorn Bonsai

Hawthorn growing on the edge of the welsh mountains.

Black hawthorn bonsai. Hawthorn has to be our finest native deciduous species for use in bonsai however there is always some trouble in paradise the species exhibits two characteristics that often conspire to spoil our enjoyment and reward for the work we expend. The hawthorn is plant that grows like a shrub in most cases and it takes many years to develop thick trunks. It is named after david douglas who collected seed from the plant during his botanical explorations. Suksdorf s hawthorn was previously considered a variety of douglas hawthorn c.

Black hawthorn named for its black fruit the spines are small under 1 inch or often absent. Small leaves white flowers red berries and a nice bark on old trees. Hawthorn ornamental thorn japanese hawthorn small lobed leaves white flowers in spring large fruit. Crataegus douglasii is a north american species of hawthorn known by the common names black hawthorn and douglas thornapple.

Douglas hawthorn is also known as black hawthorn black hawberry western thornapple or similar variations thereof. Both can be considered black hawthorns due to their black fruits.