Lucky dip at the nursery today.

[izzykay]

Today I went up to Perth's biggest whole sale nursery to see if I could find some decent stock. I ended picking a few of these guys up not really knowing what was below the soil because they were so root bound there was no way of checking but at $10 each I decided why not. I decided to check one so I knew what I had invested in and was very pleased to find a decent trunk with plenty of tapper. I'm terrible with photos so it doesn't to the tree any justice but I think its nice enough to warrant grabbing a couple more of these bad girls . Not having much knowledge on what decent stock is, what do you guys think?

As purchased

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Finding the trunk.

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Bit more cleaning up

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Bit more

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Still more trunk but I'll wait till it warms up now.

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Oh yeah its Melaleuca lateritia and the base is a bit bigger than a soft drink can.

[Josh]

Nice pick up Izzykay. It's great when you find what's under the soil is even better than you thought. Occasionally you get a win. Be interesting to see once you thin out some of the trunks. Gunna be hard to pick a trunk line with so many options . Very good score for $10

Josh

[Watto]

I agree with Josh, good score. I hope it progresses well as it has a lot of potential.

[Peterji]

Very nice stock with plenty of possibilities

[Mount Nasura]

is this from Benara?

[izzykay]

Yes from benara. A few more are there but its a mystery as to what could be under the surface. One of the most root bound trees I have ever seen it had hundreds of roots that had pushed up to the surface and died. I have a few more but ill wait till it warms up to do any work.

Thanks for the feedback guys!

[izzykay]

Quick update on this, photos are a couple months old but I have not done anything but let them both grow.
Got to decide between going with one trunk or keeping the lot and doing something a bit different. This would be the front keeping all trunks but there are two good single trunk options from side views.

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Hate semi cascade but did not have any other option

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Any suggestions are welcome

[Elmar]

Not bad form!
Think the branch on your semi cascade is a tad bit straight - might be a bit late but Windswept may be an option...
I think it's great when you actually have a go, it can be very daunting but exciting at the same time! Perhaps s few more shots, much closer and a few more angles certainly would make it easier to get a better idea.


Cheers
EZ
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