Banksia Ericifolia - 3 years

Watto · Post by **Watto** » March 25th, 2016, 4:47 pm

This Banksia Spinulosa was going to be in a shohin comp from three years ago but unfortunately I forgot a photo and was disqualified. That didn't mean I gave up on the tree of course and I just wanted to show what the difference in three years of growth and work.
Today I put it into its first "real" bonsai pot, one from Mudlark.

Daluke · Post by **Daluke** » March 25th, 2016, 5:24 pm

This looks good (and I don't normally care for natives!-)

Interesting foliage - looks almost juniper like).

Are you looking at having the left side grow out a bit?

Pearcy001 · Post by **Pearcy001** » March 25th, 2016, 5:35 pm

Beautiful pot for a beautiful tree

You said shohin, how big is it Watto? The foliage is confusing me haha. Also will you be thinning it out a bit in the future?

Cheers,
Pearcy.

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melbrackstone · Post by **melbrackstone** » March 25th, 2016, 6:03 pm

Crikey, that's inspiring, Watto!

Watto · Post by **Watto** » March 26th, 2016, 6:54 am

I'm thinking short left, long right for the foliage. It was going to be a shohin, but it currently is about 27 cm so a fraction tall, but that could be worked down over the coming years. If I was going to show it I would thin out some foliage, but right now it is preparing for winter and needs some extra coverage.

PeterH · Post by **PeterH** » March 26th, 2016, 8:48 am

Hi Watto,

The foliage looks more like B.ericifolia.

Regards,

Peter

Watto · Post by **Watto** » March 27th, 2016, 7:56 am

Could very well be and I m certainly no expert in plant identification, I was relying on the plant label which was attached to it when I got it. Labels are not always correct.

Sno · Post by **Sno** » March 27th, 2016, 8:45 am

Hi Watto .Nice ,it's come along way . Is it still shohin ? It does look like an ericifolia.

Watto · Post by **Watto** » March 27th, 2016, 8:06 pm

I looked up some old notes and discovered that it is in fact ericifolia. Sorry about the misinformation.

Jarad · Post by **Jarad** » March 27th, 2016, 8:33 pm

What a neat little tree!

Sno wrote:Is it still shohin ?

Watto mentioned that it was 27cm at the moment.

fossil finder · Post by **fossil finder** » March 28th, 2016, 4:18 am

Watto wrote:I looked up some old notes and discovered that it is in fact ericifolia. Sorry about the misinformation.

V nice! Banksias are interesting plants aren't they? Never considered ericifolia as a bonsai but with smaller leaves than than integrifolia and serrata they look ideal. Love to see it flowering as they have large flowers. I have seen a dwarf ericifolia called Giant Candles from memory. Nicely matched pot 2.

melbrackstone wrote:Crikey, that's inspiring, Watto!

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Post by **kcpoole** » March 28th, 2016, 8:10 am

What a lovely result in not much time.
Nice work Watto

Another nice native tot he list of good one to consider.

Ken

PeterH · Post by **PeterH** » March 28th, 2016, 2:00 pm

Nice little tree Watto,

They can put on size quickly. They seem to produce flowers in the axial of the branches on 2 year old growth. Mine had a flower on it this year but the hail removed it.

Regards,

Peter

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