[NATURAL] Melaleuca 'Claret Tops'

[anthonyW]

Thanks John, great to here your trees are powering, feel free to post a look at your clarets here if you wish,... great to learn off your experiences as Rory said more info on pros and cons the better if not maybe thread later, yes a stump or two would be exciting...I am very keen there...cheers mate

[melbrackstone]

Looking good Anthony.

The Redlands club in Brisbane must have a good hundred of these trees, if not more, scattered amongst the members. One of the best things about them is they grow their foliage pads quickly, so you can style them easily and swiftly. Trouble is because they grow so quickly you need to constantly keep taking them back and growing them again, otherwise you end up with skeletons inside and all the foliage on the outside in a narrow outline. I suspect that many of the tiny leafed (leaved?) natives have a similar problem.

I've noticed that many of these trees end up looking so heavily styled that they're almost topiary, for that reason. If you can catch up with the critiques that David has posted from the convention, you will see that Ryan touches on the "moving forward from a finished tree" problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp88ho-pOL0

[anthonyW]

Thanks Mel, ...and cheers for the link, great thoughts and challenges to apply and think about, enjoyed his talk very much, very good to hear your club is using the material, feel free to post pic here anytime.

The styling up top will be a good test for sure....Cheers Mel

[melbrackstone]

Here are a couple from last year's exhibition, Anthony.

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[anthonyW]

Wow Mel thank you, my goodness your club has great depth there, awesome.

Your images have given fantastic incite to upright tree styling with this species, I sincerely appreciate that....Cheers Mel

[melbrackstone]

You're welcome, Anthony. I have to say, at least one of the members has a raft which is outstanding, and there are a few groups as well, but I suspect they won awards last year, so weren't shown this year. I'll see if I can get some shots of them if they show up at a meeting any time soon.

[MJL]

Wow! I like that 7 year old semi-cascade. Beeuuuutiful!


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[boom64]

Fantastic Trees Mel. Looks like we are going to head north to get the big stock Anthony...Cheers John.

[anthonyW]

These three have now recovered from the winter winds the last few weeks and are now due for a thin out soon ....cheers

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[Raging Bull]

That's a nice pot stand it's on, did you make it?

[anthonyW]

Hi Frank a gentleman at the Illawarra Show makes and sells them at this show, beautifully crafted, hopefully he will be back again next year.

[tgooboon]

Hi Mel, is there a trick to see the video. It won't open for me

I've noticed that many of these trees end up looking so heavily styled that they're almost topiary, for that reason. If you can catch up with the critiques that David has posted from the convention, you will see that Ryan touches on the "moving forward from a finished tree" problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp88ho-pOL0

[melbrackstone]

oh yeah, there is a trick, I believe that the videos were taken down, soz...

[anthonyW]

Gave this mob a hair cut the other day and still slowly attempting to break the heads up ...cheers

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[MJL]

Hey AW, the mob continues to flourish. They are loving your care.