Bonsai Art

I have been working at collecting a new specimen this week. It has taken me a good few days to prepare it for removal from it’s site and transporting back to my garden. The hawthorn tree started off at about 15 foot high. It has good branches at the base and a fantastic trunk. I trimmed back the branches at the top first of all and then decided what other branches needed to be cut before it could be removed. I had a bit of a job digging it up, as you can imagine it had some pretty big roots. Luckily there are many fine roots close to the main trunk so it will be a great subject for bonsai.

Lots of branches have been trimmed already here

Looking at the bottom of the tree

I decided to lose this major branch

The final result for the moment

A major feature of this bonsai will be it’s huge basal flare. It has a very impressive trunk at the base which will be accentuated when it is in it’s pot in a few years time.
It’s now back at my home in the ground. I will be leaving it there for the next year and see what the situation is on it this time next winter.