Nursery Bottlebrush

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Starfox
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Nursery Bottlebrush

Post by Starfox »

Hi all,

Thought I would share a recentish purchase that I made from a local garden center here. I mentioned it in another thread as being labelled a C. laevis but a bit of digging turns out it has probably been re-classified as a M. rugulosa. Either way it is a bog standard common bottlebrush so it's no big deal.
It cost me 10 euro and originally brought it for a design contest over on bnut but I think it has decent potential and more importantly it had pushed me to give wiring a go for the first time and think a bit more critically about the design. Originally I was just going to trunk chop it. :D

In fact I fully expect to do some smaller chops later on and lose some of what has been wired but as the existing growth was not where I would of preferred it I figure to let it grow out and utilize some of that new growth.

Anyhoo it is at least a start.

How it was when purchased.
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After some chopping.
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And end product, I slipped up the pot for better growth. Roots come later.
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All in all it was a good little experiment and really for the first time wiring it gave me the confidence to do more.
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Post by FruitFly »

Nice plant Starfox, looking forward to seeing its progress.

As a newbie, I'll be interested in what advice the experienced members here have for you.
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Re: Nursery Bottlebrush

Post by Starfox »

Cheers FruitFly,

I suppose for the foreseeable future I'll just let it grow out but will keep you updated as it goes.
It is already budding in some promising areas so that is good.
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