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What style is this tree
Posted: December 5th, 2015, 9:45 pm
by peterb
Hi All, was just wanting some opinions on this collected hawthorn. I collected it 2 years ago as i really liked the shari on the trunk, but it only gave shoots at the top and the the leader of the tree died back which i intend to carve. would this tree fit into the literati camp or the informal upright
regards peterb
Re: What style is this tree
Posted: December 6th, 2015, 6:27 am
by Watto
I think informal upright. From experience, Hawthorn will shoot back in more places soon.
Re: What style is this tree
Posted: December 6th, 2015, 6:34 am
by tgward
That would depend on how many branches and how much foliage you plan to keep and develop- the shari gives the impression of some taper-I would tend to go minimalist (literati)and could look very nice in flower whether white or red,with that upper dead wood
Re: What style is this tree
Posted: December 6th, 2015, 7:44 am
by kcpoole
Either Style could work ans TG said depending on the amount of branching and fooliage left
Nice trunk
Ken
Re: What style is this tree
Posted: December 6th, 2015, 7:23 pm
by peterb
Hi watto, as you can see there is only a small live vein and i've had a few shoots grow lower down and then die, and i had a sucker grow from the bottom quite strongly but then i noticed that the foliage on the weaker side of the trunk at the top start to die back so i cut it off.
Hi tg, as i said to watto i think i'll just grow the foliage at the top , but i'm finding it quite tricky to get ramification as sometimes when i cut back it wants to die back
Hi ken , thanks i do like the trunk it has a lot of character , i must say though it's making me tear my hair out
but i've been told hawthorns can be tricky if someone can tell me a good way to get ramification i'd be very pleased
thought i'd show a bit more of the trunk
Re: What style is this tree
Posted: December 6th, 2015, 10:08 pm
by tgward
the pot looks large enough -but have you considered putting it back in the ground for a season or two to let the roots re invigorate (perhaps bury the whole pot as is)
Re: What style is this tree
Posted: December 7th, 2015, 2:49 pm
by Boics
Re: What style is this tree
Posted: December 7th, 2015, 8:36 pm
by peterb
Hi .TG , I've found here in adelaide planting in the ground doesn't seem to work so well, don't know why , maybe the climate here. I've spoken to several people that have found the same thing so i tend to grow in larger containers
Hey boics that's gold, gives me a plan to work with thanks mate
Peterb