grevillea dig

[lowlegs]

should i have a go at digging this grevillea out? its a nice lil tree. its been cut back alot and will make a great taper on the left. has leaves like a silky oak but they only seem to grow to around 3m

[IS2SXC]

of course you should have a go but i heard they are hard to collect so try and get as much of the fine roots as possible

i always love a good dig


cheers minh

[lowlegs]

on to it hope its not too late

[anttal63]

Hey low legs, personally i dont think this variety of grevillea will make good bonsai. way too course and sparse. jmo.

[IS2SXC]

Hey low legs, personally i dont think this variety of grevillea will make good bonsai. way too course and sparse. jmo.

Thats what they say about peaches and nectarines but i seem to see very nice ones give it a go who knows you might be the only person to have a beatiful grevillea bonsai

p.s if you don't ANT might dig it hahhahahha


cheers minh

[dayne]

Im with Ant

if it where me id save your energy duck down to the local native nursery grab a nice little well suited tree plant it in the ground and work on it from there youll get better results than working with this species and in a shorter time
just because its a native tree dosnt mean it can be bonsai

[MattA]

It looks like one of the myriad hybrid grevillea's around. I am the first to say go for it on a dig, but with these I wouldnt waste my time & effort. Most grevillea are very funny about having there roots worked, in the ground they have a very coarse far spreading root structure with little or no close feeders. If you really like this tree's growth habit bark etc start with a seedling and train it up in a pot from day one.

I raised a batch of seedlings but am down to just 1 out of 40, they really did not like the various experiments I have been trying on them, especially having the tap root cut. The remaining one has just been repotted again & it has actually started to get a decent radial root spread. Will keep working with it till it either dies or becomes something worth showing.

If you do dig this tree, take pics of what & how you did it & let us all know if its successful or not, so we can all learn.

Matt