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A mate of mine has a tree that he calls a "Mexican Crabapple" anyone ever heard of them?

Here are some pics !

Didnt bother cropping - hope you dont mind!

never heard of them before mate, not even a google search picks them up either???

looks like an interesting tree.


jamie

Ask a Victorian!

Grant Bowie wrote:Ask a Victorian!

ahhh that was my mistake

Jamie wrote:

Grant Bowie wrote:Ask a Victorian!

ahhh that was my mistake

No, no mistake. I googled it the other day and couldn't find a thing either.

Any clues anyone?

Oh, and nice tree Leigh! Lots of age and character.

Grant

Leigh Taafe wrote:A mate of mine has a tree that he calls a "Mexican Crabapple" anyone ever heard of them?

Here are some pics !

Didnt bother cropping - hope you dont mind!

Mexican Crabapple.jpg

Mexican Crabapple Fruit.jpg

I dont think thats called a Mexican Crabapple,Leigh. Thats a "Mexican Hawthorn", the fruits are called "Tejocotes" and resemble little apples. You can google it up and check for yourself.

Cheers Eddie

Thanks Eddie - that may explain the horrendous thorns on it! I will check that out !

Cheers,
Leigh.

Found this - you might just be right mate~! Thanks for giving me a heads up on this !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crataegus_pubescens

Cheers,
Leigh.

Grant, he is not even a Victorian, well he does not admit in his profile he claims that he is in Sydney.

Victoria is south of the border - kinda like Mexico.

Leigh Taafe wrote:Victoria is south of the border - kinda like Mexico.

You do slow down with age.

East by the way

Im digging up a piece of bonsai thread fossil here but any chance of reviving it for the sake of the species?

I know of three of these trees and I dug up suckers today, also have a large airlayer going on one of these

But this is the only mention Ive come across as to the use of this tree for bonsai and also the only photo on the web of one

Amy chance your mate still has the tree? What does it look like now?

nice tree--wondering about opinions on presentation--would it look more stable or older or anything else if it were planted deeper so the lower trunk wouldn't look so bulbous(reverse taper) or is this an acceptable feature of this tree?

Hi Leigh,

Looks familiar, and is probably a Hawthorn. Check the street trees along Northbourne Avenue, Canberra.