{"id":3292,"date":"2022-09-21T09:48:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T09:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2022-09-21T09:48:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T09:48:20","slug":"collecting-hawthorn-bonsai-yamadori-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/collecting-hawthorn-bonsai-yamadori-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Collecting Hawthorn Bonsai Yamadori in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3292\" class=\"elementor elementor-3292\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3a180d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3a180d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47b070a\" data-id=\"47b070a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16eebaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16eebaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Guest Article by Samuel Brierley of New Zealand<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><strong>My Slice of Paradise<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Collecting%20hawthorn%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand\/Collecting%20hawthorn%20bonsai%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand%20(2).jpg\" alt=\"hawthorn bonsai yamadori\" width=\"612\" height=\"459\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Last April I was driving past what I assumed to be reserve of native trees on the outskirts Whakatane; and out of the corner of my eye I glimpsed, very briefly, what I thought was a deciduous leaf showing Autumn colour, in the middle of a NZ native trees?!<br \/>It didn&#8217;t seem right in my head to me, so I went back for another look. I looked over the road side fence and saw a Hawthorn tree in full yellow autumn colour in amongst this native bush, I looked further up the hill line and every 10-20m or so I, could spot the silky grey trunks and yellow leaf of Hawthorn dotted all through the bush &#8211; Oh my Gosh!!! I dream about this type of find. I had always admired Hawthorn as bonsai. Harry Harringtons exquisite work with Hawthorns was what originally attracted me to Bonsai4Me.com, those beautiful relaxed realistic looking trees. Eight to nine years ago when I first saw them I thought to myself, \u201cThat\u2019s the sort of bonsai I want to create!\u201d<br \/>Up till this stage I had never really touched any Hawthorns, had only heard whispers, an urban legend of a mystical valley down the South Island where there were 100\u2019s of wild Yamadori Hawthorns, something I could only dream about getting to someday; and if I was very lucky to maybe get just one. But now to sight these trees and no more than 3-4 minutes\u2019 drive from my doorstep!<br \/>I found out then after closer inspection that I was actually on someone\u2019s drive way, on private land. Once I found the owner and I asked him very nicely if I can use his land as access to these &#8220;pest&#8221; trees, he was delighted I would take some of the \u201cthorned devil\u201d trees off his property and the surrounding native reserve. I handed over a box of Heinekens and I was in there! Stoked Happy Days!!!!<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Collecting%20hawthorn%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand\/Collecting%20hawthorn%20bonsai%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand%20(1).jpg\" alt=\"hawthorn bonsai yamadori\" width=\"614\" height=\"459\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">After consulting my mate Harry who is very knowledgeable with lifting Hawthorn Yamadori, he gave me a few tips on extracting them. One big tip was to go in in Autumn and reduce all the braches down to the trunk wanted for the bonsai design; by doing this then the tree will present you with many, MANY more activated buds when it comes to lifting; also the tree will take on extra energy reserves from its fully operational root system at this time.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Collecting%20hawthorn%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand\/Collecting%20hawthorn%20bonsai%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand%20(3).jpg\" alt=\"hawthorn bonsai yamadori\" width=\"712\" height=\"557\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\">So I was into it. Every spare bit of time I could find during my working week I would walk into the bush with my backpack with my secateurs, side-cutters, wound sealant, a drink and my trusty handsaw in hand.<br \/>I started preparing trees for lifting in the coming Winter\u2019s end. The number one thing I was doing was selecting the best trunks I could find, those with taper, movement and primary branches already in place if it was possible. It was a very good lesson in making quick decisive design decisions on prospective trunks!<br \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Collecting%20hawthorn%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand\/Collecting%20hawthorn%20bonsai%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand%20(4).jpg\" alt=\"hawthorn bonsai yamadori\" width=\"712\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Anybody who had dealt with Hawthorn yamadori would know they are very unforgiving with no quarter given. I spent many an evening pulling bits of thorn and timber out of my hands; even with wearing gardener\u2019s gloves, those thorns go straight thru!<br \/>One afternoon I asked my 8 year old son Dominic if he would like to go up for a walk around the trees, and as it turned out he loved it and now goes into the bush tree hunting with me whenever he is able to. With his own pair of secateurs on his belt, he has learnt to spot a Hawthorn in dense bush at great distances (Stoked!). Needless to say it brings me a lot of joy to spend time with my son doing such things that I\u2019m passionate about! Dominic and I have prepared a good dozen trees for lifting.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Collecting%20hawthorn%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand\/Collecting%20hawthorn%20bonsai%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand%20(5).jpg\" alt=\"hawthorn bonsai yamadori\" width=\"712\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Collecting%20hawthorn%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand\/Collecting%20hawthorn%20bonsai%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand%20(6).jpg\" alt=\"hawthorn bonsai yamadori\" width=\"554\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Now it is on the other side of winter and we have started extracting some of our yamadori treasures. So far we have got 7 trees out and have another 5 or 6 left on the hill to get out this season. It has been a learning curve in itself; I\u2019ve always been one to dig my own trees up but for some of these trees it meant that I had to then walk another half hour out of the bush with them strapped to my back. This was another area that Harry was able to make a big difference for me! He advised me to almost totally bare root the tree on sight; then if possible find some local moss or take some in with me; wet it and surround the root ball with the moss. As it happened there is a natural spring stream running down the hill where I am able to harvest large amounts of a sponge like moss. This way I wouldn\u2019t be carrying a ton of peat and clay soil out with me, it has made the job A WHOLE LOT easier!<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Collecting%20hawthorn%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand\/Collecting%20hawthorn%20bonsai%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand%20(8).jpg\" alt=\"hawthorn bonsai yamadori\" width=\"468\" height=\"550\" \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Collecting%20hawthorn%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand\/Collecting%20hawthorn%20bonsai%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand%20(9).jpg\" alt=\"hawthorn bonsai yamadori\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">One of the best finds that was lifted in August. Dominic and I called in help from Craig Walker and Steve Oliver, both great bonsai artists and good friends from the Ask-Your-Tree crew.<br \/>I am very excited about this tree; I\u2019m planning on using all the existing primaries, which will help preserve it as a very wild yamadori tree. A look that may have technical \u201cfaults\u201d pointed out in it aesthetically but naturally occurring wild \u201cquirks\u201d that I want the tree to hold on to and be part of what the yamadori tree is defined by. It has got some fantastic craggy old bark which I didn\u2019t want to disturb whilst lifting it, and this was where Craig and Steve helped to make the day\u2019s activities a lot more gentle!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-743e668 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"743e668\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-028756a\" data-id=\"028756a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a13738 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a13738\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Collecting%20hawthorn%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand\/Collecting%20hawthorn%20bonsai%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand%20(12).JPG\" alt=\"hawthorn bonsai yamadori\" width=\"431\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\">The collected Hawthorn safely back at home and popping new growth in the Spring!<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Collecting%20hawthorn%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand\/Collecting%20hawthorn%20bonsai%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand%20(10).jpg\" alt=\"hawthorn bonsai yamadori\" width=\"893\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">I am loving this new chosen path in bonsai, going out and spending time with the trees in the wild. Whatever else is going on in the outside world, mortgage, bills, all the \u201cstandard\u201d life worries, I can go up into the bush and spend some time with the trees; it all helps to put all the other things into perspective. It helps me to keep fit and positive, and to hone my skills. Lifting old gnarly trees out of the wild, respecting the tree and giving it what it needs so that in turn it will respond and give you what you are wanting aesthetically. It all sharpens such skills for me as root enhancing techniques, timing, keeping all your cuts clean and damp, as so you can lift a tree out of the wild nicely and calmly without causing adverse damage to the tree. It leads to me not taking the tree home and crossing my fingers, hopping on one leg, doing weird tree dances , and hoping that out of sheer dumb luck I haven\u2019t killed yet another tree!<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Collecting%20hawthorn%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand\/Collecting%20hawthorn%20bonsai%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand%20(11).JPG\" alt=\"hawthorn bonsai yamadori\" width=\"744\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Now I\u2019ve started to go down this road and tasted its fruit, I have seen its positive effects. I am spending time in the wild, spending time with special little trees, trees that have managed to live in harsh environmental conditions, lived through landslides, lived through being grazed and trampled on by animals, lived through droughts and floods. And I can bring these trees home and together, the tree and I, create beautiful aesthetically pleasing images.<br \/>It is what I do, it is part of who I am, I love it and I\u2019m very lucky to be able to do it in such a beautiful country!<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Collecting%20hawthorn%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand\/Collecting%20hawthorn%20bonsai%20yamadori%20in%20new%20zealand%20(14).JPG\" alt=\"hawthorn bonsai yamadori\" width=\"733\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collecting Hawthorn Bonsai Yamadori in New 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