This case study shows a Hawthorn found in a forest and trained into a raft-style Bonsai tree.
Instead of digging the tree out after being found, it was initially chopped back and left to recover in the forest. About a year later the tree was found in a bad condition after being run over by a car; the root system was seriously damaged.
![Hawthorn raft bonsai](/images/articles-blog/old-articles/hawthorn-raft-01.jpg)
![Hawthorn raft bonsai](/images/articles-blog/old-articles/hawthorn-raft-02.jpg)
![Hawthorn raft bonsai](/images/articles-blog/old-articles/hawthorn-raft-03.jpg)
![Hawthorn raft bonsai](/images/articles-blog/old-articles/hawthorn-raft-04.jpg)
![Hawthorn raft bonsai](/images/articles-blog/old-articles/hawthorn-raft-05.jpg)
![Hawthorn raft bonsai](/images/articles-blog/old-articles/hawthorn-raft-06.jpg)