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Winter is sometimes described as a drab time of the year but if you look closely you can see beautiful colour everywhere.
This is a English Elm that I dug a couple of years ago, planted in a pot I made a couple of months ago and seated on a stand I made a couple of weeks ago, but the reason for the post is to appreciate the colour of the branching. A little bit of winter cheer.

Wow, those branches are a really beaut colour! I had no idea they did this..

Wild pot there! Beautiful

Watto wrote: ↑August 6th, 2020, 5:45 pm Winter is sometimes described as a drab time of the year but if you look closely you can see beautiful colour everywhere.

Yes, if you grow exotics. My Australian natives are a sea of colourful flowers in winter:

Astartea
Leptospermum scoparium
Phebalium
Thryptomene

.... ps, thats a cool bonsai you got starting there Watto.

Who needs natives for winter colour when you can grow prunus mume and get the flowers and the beautiful smell to boot?

Anyway, winter is the best time to appreciate good deciduous form when you can’t hide flaws with foliage.

Beautiful colour on the branches there watto, these subtleties are why I get so much enjoyment from exotic deciduous

TimS wrote:Who needs natives for winter colour when you can grow prunus mume and get the flowers and the beautiful smell to boot?

Anyway, winter is the best time to appreciate good deciduous form when you can’t hide flaws with foliage.

Beautiful colour on the branches there watto, these subtleties are why I get so much enjoyment from exotic deciduous

If you can tell me how to get a prunus mume in Adelaide That would help! I can’t find any anywhere and no online options either. If someone wants to post me one, even if it’s a stick, I will definitely consider it!


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I’ll keep you in the loop, I’ve got 50+ P. Mume cuttings started so far this year, and a couple of sticks from last year’s efforts. Once we get out of lockdown here I can post you some sticks

TimS wrote:I’ll keep you in the loop, I’ve got 50+ P. Mume cuttings started so far this year, and a couple of sticks from last year’s efforts. Once we get out of lockdown here I can post you some sticks

Omg thank you so much!! I’ve been trying for years to get one. Someone else on here all but promised one then disappeared of the face of the earth...


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Thankyou Mel and Juan. Rory its a bit too cold here for flowers on natives yet but I look forward to mine flowering in a few months.
Winter is great for appreciating the form of deciduous trees and in this regard I agree with Tim. I now know I need to do some work on the branch structure so there is another job for post spring growth time.