Leptospermum madidum

[Blackfoot]

So I've had this guy for a couple months now and played it very safe with the trimming.
Well I finally developed the stones to take it to chop town and here she is. Fingers crossed huh?
As always criticism and advice is very welcome.

[Blackfoot]

well it would appear the image is cropped out on mobile.
here she is

[Xena Equus]

How is it going? I’ve just joined, new to bonsai. I chopped a leptospermum maddidum yesterday, a few years old from neglected nursery stock. I currently utilise a “chop and pray” approach to starting my bonsai haha

[Xena Equus]

Here are the photos, just had to work out how to upload....

[Watto]

I think it looks fine Blackfoot, but now it is time to fertilize and water. IMO it has the bones to be a nice shohin so if it were mine I would work towards that.
Good start!

[melbrackstone]

I don't know the variety, Xena, but there's a good chance it'll shoot again.

I keep a lot of my leptos and other natives in a shallow tray during the heat of summer. It might be worth trying too.

Next Sept - Oct I'd say it'd be worth repotting and root-pruning, if it is still with you. It's important to get the roots right as well as the top of the plant, and nursery plants often have a mess of crazy tangled downward pointing roots that are useless when it comes to potting into a smaller pot.

In Katherine I'd say Spring would be the best time to do this work, but I'm only guessing... most plants will go into a slow down over the worst heat of summer.

Good luck with it

[ljsbonsai]

Leptospermum madidum sub so. Sativum in the tropics grow wild. I left one branch on and choppedtop off. With branch I left I did 2 thread grafts. Growing well I am just waiting for new branches to grow thicker than the ones going into trunk. They do get myrtle rust in the tropics. Ljs