A hillside of twisted mels.

[izzykay]

Just a couple photos I'm shari at photography. They might be Melaleuca coronicarpa but I have got no idea.

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[klaery]

Wow what great looking trees. Beautiful trunks on them.

[Neli]

I have never seen before wild mels...Thank you for posting.

[bonborn]

So when are we having the big dig?

[Ray M]

Hi izzykay,
Are you able to collect some of the trees? The time it would take to produce the age in those trunks, I wouldn't be game enough to guess.

Regards Ray

[izzykay]

Nah this is at a nature reserve with many species of flora only occurring on this hill. I wouldn't want to ruin the landscape even given the opportunity to dig. Hopefully it remains untouched for many years to come.

[Jason]

Thankyou for sharing, they look amazing!

Is that up north WA?

[shibui]

When I first looked at the photos i thought they are all dead then I checked your location - just typical WA vegetation pretending to be dead, just surviving or both.

Nah this is at a nature reserve with many species of flora only occurring on this hill. I wouldn't want to ruin the landscape even given the opportunity to dig. Hopefully it remains untouched for many years to come.

Izzykay. Too many people prepared to rape and pillage our environment on the offchance that 1 might survive to be locked away in a backyard somewhere so that only 1 person can see. Our special native landscapes deserve to be left alone for all to enjoy the whole thing that has created such inspirational trees.

[EJZ]

Australia has some really beautiful country. Those trees are examples mother nature’s bonsai artistry.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers
Eugene

[GavinG]

Damn fine photos, and trunks like I've never seen - thanks indeed for posting. Any more you can find like that would be wonderful.

I think we're a bit boring most of the time, with the trunk shapes that we make - these trees show us what's possible.

Thanks again

Gavin

[Grant Bowie]

The wonderful thing about Aussie natives is they grow so quickly so you grow them from seed and get interesting natural shapes without having to dig from the wild.

Grant

[Jason]

I'd want to see them in person just to be inspired... never to dig


Love seeing pictures like this, as I usually only ever get to see street tree's, and they aren't the best examples of our natives lol

[lackhand]

I'd want to see them in person just to be inspired... never to dig


Love seeing pictures like this, as I usually only ever get to see street tree's, and they aren't the best examples of our natives lol

Ain't that the truth. Definitely one of the problems of being in the US and hooked on Aussie trees.

Thanks for sharing, very interesting trunks.

[izzykay]

Yeah they are a couple hours north of Perth.

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[Elmar]

Nice photos!

how do you get a twisted trunk like that? You'd have to wire it and then twist the trunk using branches as levers..?!?