AusBonsai

Hi all,

I bought this Clero about a year and a half to 2 years ago as a 1 cm thick seeding . It spent a year in the ground and thickened up amazingly fast. I then cut off the long sacrifice branches and potted into into an over sized bonsai pot. Since then it has been pruned a few times then defoliated and wired a week ago, which is where it sits at now, approximately 30 to 40 cm tall.

Great result in twelve months. You have a couple of bar branches up top you need to keep an eye on before they get too knobbly.
Cheers
Kirky

Excellent result, looking forward to seeing it in full leaf.
James

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Super job si90 ... it's a great effort in such a short time - this species sounds like a perfect candidate for the next Ausbonsai Shohin comp!
Agree with Kirky - watch closely/cut those branches to avoid any inverse taper ... Keep posting the development.

A quick update of the roughly 1 and a half months growth.

They are a great species for bonsai but its not inerme.
C. inerme is a native species and has large oval leaves compared to this one.
The species used for bonsai, like this one, is widely misnamed. It is actually C. hetrophyllum a native of Mauritius and La Reunion. Bad luck to all those folks that think they are growing a native.
The herbarium at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens confirmed the identification in 2016.

Oh thank you for this! I have always wondered and have been searching for the real species name for a while because it doesn't look like any internet images of C. Inerme.

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I wonder if mods could rename this thread to help with future ID's by other readers?

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si90 wrote:I wonder if mods could rename this thread to help with future ID's by other readers?

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done
Ken

Update. I think the canopy is filling out nicely. The roots are a bit ugly but not too bad. I have a bunch of rooted cuttings from this tree which I am considering root grafting on to improve it. Not sure yet.

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It is certainly improving.
May I suggest a better pot now that it has improved?

Well that's lookin' real good
Personally, I don't mind the roots. I have seen much much uglier! (at my place..)
That great bark texture & the wide natural looking canopy you've been able to develop - These attributes are what I notice the most.

Very, very good - a lovely tree and agree that it will improve further with a different pot too. Perhaps the new pot would be a subtler colour, a tad shallower and possibly textured too?


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Yep I think a new pot is called for. I'm not really sure what would suit it though. May have to have a search around online for some inspiration.

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Well done si90 ,filling out nicely , a great tree .