Melaeuca cuticularis
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Hi Mike,
These a very nice looking trees. I like the left one, it shows how you can have a second trunk quite low and make something of it. Were there no seedlings?
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Hi Ray,
Yes they are very inspiring. I think we've all wasted too many years not pursuing this kind of image. These grow in SA. I had to order the seeds. The good thing is the speed that these things grow!
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Not sure where the photo was taken, they are very common on the banks of the Swan River in Perth. Definitely one of my favourite mel's. Pup has a few, a very nice group which I remember.
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Some more Mels from the web. No need to be too conservative in our styling I think...
I love this last one. Pity we can't see more of the structure but we can imagine
I love this last one. Pity we can't see more of the structure but we can imagine
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Yeah, they are everywhere over here! It wasn't until I got into bonsai that i really started to appreciate the beauty of them. I would go passed a fair few of them everyday and not even look twice, whereas now, I'll stop almost every time to appreciate them... unless I'm with the missus and she gives me that 'why are you staring at trees' look haha
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Good to see you turning the corner in your appreciation for our native's Treeman!
There are some good ones about!
I've said it before and ill say it again Melaleuca Lanceolata is a beauty as well:
Apparently slow growing but clearly worth it!
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There are some good ones about!
I've said it before and ill say it again Melaleuca Lanceolata is a beauty as well:
Apparently slow growing but clearly worth it!
more images from source here: http://www.golfimages.com.au/golf-cours ... nah-course
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May I ask when will you plant them Mike?
I read a few days back that natives in warmer climate are better planted in Autumn. The article said the temp is ok for germination and the winter temp is not going to have any adverse effects. They went on to say that this establishes them well to take off in spring. Can't find the website now but it does seem to make sense.
I've just received a variety of native seed so I have a vested interest.
Cheers,
Nigel
I read a few days back that natives in warmer climate are better planted in Autumn. The article said the temp is ok for germination and the winter temp is not going to have any adverse effects. They went on to say that this establishes them well to take off in spring. Can't find the website now but it does seem to make sense.
I've just received a variety of native seed so I have a vested interest.
Cheers,
Nigel
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Lovely pictures guys. Though I've gone off Mels now.... the myrtle rust is just too damn painful around here. I thought I was on top of it, but the disease is just relentless, and I prefer to put my efforts into a tree that is resistant. But they would certainly be one of my favourite natives. I'll try and keep the Mels I have in reasonable health, but the Mels and the Callistemons just get the crap beaten out of them by this disease constantly.
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I style Bonsai naturally, just as they would appear in the wild.
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Last year about this time I planted a batch of Meleleuca viridaflora which went well but I wouldn't plant this early (or late!) again. The main point I'd make would be that planting now means you have to maintain your seedlings for a few month's without any benefit. Some will germinate but won't (in my experience) grow much until closer to Spring. In northern NSW August would be about right. It would be interesting to know how the germination rates compare between now and August. I suspect it would be greater in August but the seeds are so small it is hard to know exactly how many you plant. Maybe a trial planting the same seed each month until Spring would be a way of ascertaining when to plant in your area.NAHamilton wrote:May I ask when will you plant them Mike?
I read a few days back that natives in warmer climate are better planted in Autumn. The article said the temp is ok for germination and the winter temp is not going to have any adverse effects. They went on to say that this establishes them well to take off in spring. Can't find the website now but it does seem to make sense.
I've just received a variety of native seed so I have a vested interest.
Cheers,
Nigel
Gerard wrote:Not sure where the photo was taken, they are very common on the banks of the Swan River in Perth. Definitely one of my favourite mel's. Pup has a few, a very nice group which I remember.
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Thanks Fossil Finder. I might do some now some spring and see how I go.
Cheers,
Nigel
Cheers,
Nigel
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I always sow seed in spring. Around the start of September.NAHamilton wrote:May I ask when will you plant them Mike?
I read a few days back that natives in warmer climate are better planted in Autumn. The article said the temp is ok for germination and the winter temp is not going to have any adverse effects. They went on to say that this establishes them well to take off in spring. Can't find the website now but it does seem to make sense.
I've just received a variety of native seed so I have a vested interest.
Cheers,
Nigel
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Well that's no good at all! Have you tried chemical solutions? What is it affecting?Rory wrote:Lovely pictures guys. Though I've gone off Mels now.... the myrtle rust is just too damn painful around here. I thought I was on top of it, but the disease is just relentless, and I prefer to put my efforts into a tree that is resistant. But they would certainly be one of my favourite natives. I'll try and keep the Mels I have in reasonable health, but the Mels and the Callistemons just get the crap beaten out of them by this disease constantly.
Mike
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I've always appreciated them. I've just never been ''bitten'' till just recently. The growth habit and texture of the lanceolata looks very similar to leptospermum laevigatum! I like it.Boics wrote:Good to see you turning the corner in your appreciation for our native's Treeman!
There are some good ones about!
I've said it before and ill say it again Melaleuca Lanceolata is a beauty as well:
Apparently slow growing but clearly worth it!
more images from source here: http://www.golfimages.com.au/golf-cours ... nah-course
Mike