[Watto] Banksia ericifolia

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[Watto] Banksia ericifolia

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Name: Banksia ericifolia "orange glow".
Height: 1150mm
Cost: $20 (its pot bound so it was half price)

The plan is to start big and work my way down to shohin.
I appologise for the quality of the photos, but I promise they will improve as the comp progresses.
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Re: [Watto] Banksia ericifolia

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More info required Watto.
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Even though I was a bit naughty with this one (I didn't update), I still tried to develop this as a shohin. And as such it is time for the progress through the year.
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I am surprised and delighted by the growing power of this species. When I posted the previous up-date I did not post a couple of photos of the intervening period so I thought I would provide that now, together with the lasted photo.
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Still growing and I am looking for a pot. Hopefully I will pot it this year and it will look OK
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Well I might try to get this into shohin size by the end of the comp. Currently it stands about 36 cm so there is some work to do.
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Awesome watto

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A bit of an update. I had a plan to reduce this to shohin but now its had a trim I quite like it as it is progressing. Still time to make a decision so stay tuned.
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I forgot to mention that the pot is one of Mudlark - a Penny Pot.
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Re: [Watto] Banksia ericifolia

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This currently stands around 30 cm high so there is still quite a bit of work to do if this is to qualify as a shohin. I suppose I will need to make a decision soon?
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Shohin or not, it is a nice tree :yes:
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Re: [Watto] Banksia ericifolia

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Good job Watty,
When are you pruning, and how far back do you go? Also, are using clip and grow, or are you using wire?
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Hi John,
I prune this variety in the warmer weather, and I use both clip & grow and some wire - it depends on what I want to achieve.
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Re: [Watto] Banksia ericifolia

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Boy, this is getting out of hand. I know I've talked about it for a while but I really need to make a decision on if I intend to keep this as a shohin. The growth pattern makes it more and more unlikely, but stranger things have happened. In the hot weather it grows quite aggressively as you can see in the photos.
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Re: [Watto] Banksia ericifolia

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To be frank I've been a bit slack with this tree. I am yet to make up my mind if I want it to continue to be a shohin, or let it grow a little larger than that. There will be no work on it for a few moths now so a decision needs to be made, but I have just a little time.
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