The black background provides a perfect contrast to the sheer white flowers. This Hawthorn bonsai belongs to Hans Van Meer. He doesn't say what the the variety is but the flower looks like a Common hawthorn* (Crataegus monogyna). The pot is by Dan Barton
Here’s another post I dug out of our archives (heavily edited to spare you unnecessary words). It’s from June, 2015. Both of the bonsai featured here are from the bonsai blog of Hans Van Meer.
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Another Hawthorn by Hans. Same species. The trunk is more interesting on this one, but both trees are stunning with their brilliant white flowers. This time the pot is by Brian Albright.
Wikipedia says these are Common hawthorn flowers, which pretty much cinches that the trees above are in fact Crataegus monogyna.
*Common Hawthorn is often referred to as English hawthorn.
