Australia Day, Australian Native display

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That Blueberry ash spurred my enthusiasm for the species! I have a couple growing on now. If I manage to get anything even remotely close to yours Peter, I'll be a very happy camper.
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Wow , what a beautiful selection of Natives .I will add another two. A Kunzea ,which was originally a twin trunk but somehow no 2 trunk got lost along the way. The second a Leptospermum rotundifolium ,hopefully some flowers this year. Cheers John.
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squizzy wrote:Nice one shibui.

That’s an Aussie line up

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Hey Shibui - that's "Seven little Australians" !
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This has been really fantastic, and the quality of the trees is first class.
My effort for the day is a 5 point display of shohin on a display stand made out of an old paling fence.
Melaleuca in a Pat Kennedy pot; Leptospermum in a pot by Viv (a potter in our club); Kunzea in a Penny Davis pot; Banksia in a Maria Hewettson pot and an accent that is probably not an Aus but its in a Pat Kennedy pot.
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Oops, and now the photo
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Not the best image, but I’ll add this little tea tree
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Watto wrote:Oops, and now the photo
Bloody hell Watto :worship: Talk about upping the level. Now i am going to have to drag out display thingy's :palm:
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Here's my Coprosma in a crescent pot by Denise Allen.
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Pup wrote:
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My contribution a collected Melaleuca rhaphiophylla, collected in 2006 from a road widening.
In a Patrick Kennedy pot.
Hi Pup,

I love the naturalness of your meleuca twin.

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I've learnt something new today. Was not aware that coprosma were Aussie natives so thanks for adding to my education TT.
Hope that is an Aussie and not some Kiwi or Hawaiian interloper :?:
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shibui wrote: Hope that is an Aussie and not some Kiwi or Hawaiian interloper :?:
Perhaps one for multiculturalism?
Have enjoyed seeing all these :flag: trees (& pots) so far, but wondering where all the casuarina growers are? :lost:
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haha....we claim so many New Zealanders as our own...
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shibui wrote:I've learnt something new today. Was not aware that coprosma were Aussie natives so thanks for adding to my education TT.
Hope that is an Aussie and not some Kiwi or Hawaiian interloper
So is it just "Repens" that is an N.Z native?
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Some great pics. Mines not worthy.

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Grant Bowie wrote:
Pup wrote:
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My contribution a collected Melaleuca rhaphiophylla, collected in 2006 from a road widening.
In a Patrick Kennedy pot.
Hi Pup,

I love the naturalness of your meleuca twin.

Grant
Thanks mate.
It is one trunk though, it was split at ground level after a fire. I was a delicate operation making sure it did not break, when it was collected. Which is not so bad when it gets repotted as the roots have strengthened.
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