Which Australian genus do you prefer, or want to grow?

[melbrackstone]

I think maybe Callitris has no votes because of the question of styling. I think it has potential?
Mike

I'd love to see some affordable stock, up here in Brisbane they're twice the price and more, of the other native plants.

[Grant Bowie]

I would have included Callitris if I had 4 choices.

I am giving a talk in Sydney on Saturday 23rd August for the Bonsai Society of Sydney for their annual show. I will be talking about natives and I will be bringing my Callitris and a starter as part of the talk/demo. Also Banksia of course, plus Leptospermum , Melaleuca and Kunzea.

Grant

[kcpoole]

So many choices on offer it is really hard to decide.

I have examples of most of the choices, but not you missed out on Water gum
Possibly one of the best of all due to the ability to to reduce leaf size, the foliage and branch colour and the flaking bark Awesome tree

My choices though were Mel, Kunzea, and Baekea. Fast growth, Flowers in summer, they have small leaves naturally so suited to small trees. Great bark on them too

Ken

[Josh]

Can I change my vote
Wish I had 4 votes. Would be interesting to do this again in 12-18 months and see if peoples opinions change as the get used to other varieties. I have some I haven't worked on yet but once I work out how they grow my opinion might change

[Rory]

It is interesting to see that Mels and Eucs lead the pack. This is not what I thought would happen. I thought figs / callistemon or banksia would have been the highest.

I have examples of most of the choices, but not you missed out on Water gum
Possibly one of the best of all due to the ability to to reduce leaf size, the foliage and branch colour and the flaking bark Awesome tree

Sorry about that. I didn't think it came under common Australian Genera so I excluded it, but perhaps I should have included it.
I tried my hand at these, but they didn't tolerate strong shade so I didn't pursue them myself.

I have some I haven't worked on yet but once I work out how they grow my opinion might change

hahaha

I think a lot of people would fall under this category too.