Melaleuca Linariifolia - Claret Tops
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Melaleuca Linariifolia - Claret Tops
These were grown from tube stock over the last couple of years , the trunk were wired as seedlings and left to grow on with minor trims . Yesterday I decided to hook in and give them their first major wiring
Cheers Alpineart
, still struggling to keep natives alive but that's the challenge .Cheers Alpineart
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Hi Treeman , progressing in the right direction I think , been watching the growth habit and its no good fighting it .
Cheers . Alpine
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Re: Melaleuca Linariifolia - Claret Tops
Very cool. I like these alot
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Re: Melaleuca Linariifolia - Claret Tops
I agree alpine, but you can still give some interesting undulations to the branches and keep them ''plausible'' .....groups? clumps?alpineart wrote:Hi Treeman , progressing in the right direction I think , been watching the growth habit and its no good fighting it .
Cheers . Alpine
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Nice styling Alpine! I've bookmarked this thread as I'm looking forward to watching them progress.
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Steven
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Re: Melaleuca Linariifolia - Claret Tops
Hi Alpineart nice trees, what are the heights of them if i may ask
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Hi zimzallabim, I'm a happy camper with these couple
Hi Treeman , totally agree, I have forced a couple down in the branches and they didn't like it , both eventually died possibly a little bit of neglect in there .
Hi Steven , the single trunk was trimmed in Winter the 2 tree's in summer , the single was extremely slow to recover . I thought it might turn it's toes up . Ihave a few more seed grown and tube stock starters I have been playing with will do a topic or two when time permits
Hi no idea , the heights are single trunk 450mm , 2 tree's 480mm .
Thanks for the feed back fella's
Cheers . Alpine
Hi Treeman , totally agree, I have forced a couple down in the branches and they didn't like it , both eventually died possibly a little bit of neglect in there .
Hi Steven , the single trunk was trimmed in Winter the 2 tree's in summer , the single was extremely slow to recover . I thought it might turn it's toes up . Ihave a few more seed grown and tube stock starters I have been playing with will do a topic or two when time permits
Hi no idea , the heights are single trunk 450mm , 2 tree's 480mm .
Thanks for the feed back fella's
Cheers . Alpine
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These have been root pruned and re-potted due to some storm damage a week ago
Cheers Alpine
. The tree's themselves weren't damaged just manipulated due to the wiring which saved the branches from breakages . The single tree was sheltered and didn't require any work .Cheers Alpine
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Hi Alpineart,
I really like these trees but would you consider lowering the height of the one on the left like the following?
Regards,
Steven
I really like these trees but would you consider lowering the height of the one on the left like the following?
Regards,
Steven
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Re: Melaleuca Linariifolia - Claret Tops
Steven wrote:
I really like these trees but would you consider lowering the height of the one on the left like the following?
That was the exact thought that came into my head before I saw Stevens post too.
I love how you are styling these trees as well.
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Hi Steven , yes I certainly would ,from experience with the sister tree , winter root pruning results in die back and complete foliage loss so I will let these recover then trim to suit . The single tree done last winter has caught up to these as in the foliage department .
I will use the circumstances as a comparison gauge for growth and recovery ie Winter / Summer root work , not that this episode was planned .
Cheers Alpine
I will use the circumstances as a comparison gauge for growth and recovery ie Winter / Summer root work , not that this episode was planned .
Cheers Alpine
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Hi Rory , mate I have been playing with a few Natives over the last few years but it's more hit and miss until i learn the does and don't and there's no real rules here
You can read about it but putting it into practice is completely different . I have a couple of dozen tube stocks at various stages being tortured at the moment . Hopefully have quite a few species to add to the list .
Cheers . Alpine
You can read about it but putting it into practice is completely different . I have a couple of dozen tube stocks at various stages being tortured at the moment . Hopefully have quite a few species to add to the list .
Cheers . Alpine
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I decided to combine all the tree's together in 1 planting with plenty of room to grow
Cheers . Alpineart
. These will recover for a while and then rewired for another season .Cheers . Alpineart
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Re: Melaleuca Linariifolia - Claret Tops
Thanks for the update AlpineArt. Very good - I liked them before; I like them better now but as you may know, I am rather biased towards group plantings - mainly because I have very few trees that would stand solitary scrutiny. [SEE-NO-EVIL MONKEY]Cool pot too.
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