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I recently was out on a dig, had my eye on some Hawthorn and I came across this.
It was growing on a flat rock, the roots were matted and about 50cms thick.
Peeled it off with a flat shovel beautifuly.
The plant was covered in moss and licken, growing in a very windy, cold exposed spot.
I cleaned the plant up and re-potted into a wooden box....500x 600x 200cms
I put down a layer of large diatomite ( 7 to 15mls ) then another layer of small diatomite ( 2 to 7mls ) mixed with a small amount of compost and some native osmocote.
I have been watering it once a day with seasol. The plant is in a shaded area.
Having included a picture of the leaf
Hopefully someone can identify and any information would be greatfuly appreciated.
Have been a avid follower of Aus Bonsai, fantastic information !!
Thankyou in advance John

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW

that is absolutely amazing base mate! :Shock: beautiful!!

dont trade or sell that one mate, that is fantastic!! i love it

LOve the texture in those trunks and Stems, nice movement too

wonder what it is? Can't wait to find out

Ken

Mate, live or dead - that one is a beauty!!!

That's an amazing trunk. Nice find.

Some sort of tea tree of great age!!! wow is just not enough, good luck i pray that it makes it.

Looks fantastic!!!

And yeah id say some sort of tea tree.

Hey John,

Can you get a close up of the foliage. Also is there any seed still on any of the branchs or anything else that could improve identification chances?

Nice piece of stock, you got a good lot of roots with it so I would think its got a good chance of surviving. As much as I love being able to see the trunk in all its glory, I really like the moss & lichen on the tree in its wild state.

Matt

Nice find indeed!

Could it be one of the Micromyrtus species? I wish you the best of luck with its survival!

Fly.

That is sensational!! WOW! Gotta say though, I probably wouldn't have gotten rid of the lichen so quickly though, cause the only way to replace that is time!

FlyBri wrote:Nice find indeed!

Could it be one of the Micromyrtus species? I wish you the best of luck with its survival!

Fly.

I think those veins bulging and twining are the give away. that is characteristic of tea trees.

Antall: Thanks for the early call on Tea Tree, I'm praying it makes it too. I have so many tree's dug up...will post some pics of some She Oaks soon. I have several large one's just starting to pop. Have been following your black She Oak post for inspiration.

Mat: Have taken some more photo's, can't find any seeds on the plant. Good point about the removal of the moss and the lichen, next time. I think Fly is right with the call of Micromyrtus.

Fly: Thanks for your call on the Micromyrtus, have checked it out and I think you are on the money.
Just a matter of working out which species, maybe by next year flowers (got to be confident)

Thanks for everyone's replies John

Another possability is a Baeckia, the stem and bark are very much so. They grow in the mountains as well as the swamps.

I have been right though my book on tea trees, some possiblitys if it is from High Mountain country.

In some Baeckia's they are frost and drought resistant. Cheers Pup

WOW!!! that is the best stock I have seen in aus with that much character and age to it
if it lives it's going to make an abosoluty beautiful tree. I'd imagine it will make a very nice raft style

Hugh

Yes, perfect example of the type of stock we should all be keeping out eyes peeled for on private land. Our mountains don't have Pines and Junipers like they do in North America and Europe. I'd love to see more Yamadori Australian natives of this calibre here on the site. Inspirational.