Kunzea erioides snowman

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Tree is 35cm high.

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Kunzea erioides snowman

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Peter, your trees are out of the very top drawer. Thanks for posting. Part of the magic is that - without a size indicator in the photos - this tree and the aphrodite look much larger than 35cm and 25cm. Clever and skillful.


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Your tree was my favorite from the Native show. :tu:

I almost thought it was a gum at first. :palm:
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Amazing! Love the beautiful trunk!
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So is Kunzea phylicoides and Kunzea ERIOIDES the same plant?
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PWC wrote: March 9th, 2020, 7:22 pm So is Kunzea phylicoides and Kunzea ERIOIDES the same plant?
I’m pretty sure the spelling should have been Kunzea Ericoides, and from what I can tell it looks nothing like Kunzea Phylicoides you mention.... but that’s just through what I found in 5 minutes on google. Cracking tree though... lovely work. :yes:
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I really like this tree. It seems quite popular on this forum too (and seemingly at the recent native convention - congratulations Peter). Beautiful bark and perfect subtle taper. This has quite an ‘Australian’ feel to it for me.. but I know that is something that is hard to define and perhaps something people often shy away from identifying. I think it mostly comes from the upward branching style in this case.

I find it interesting that many desirable or popular attributes are only mildly present.. there is only a small amount of nebari flare, there is only slight and subtle tachiagari movement/angle, and there is not a great amount of ramification in the branch structure. But.. I don’t feel any of these things are missing from the tree, rather the subtleties of all of those features make for a gentle balance that draws the eye through the detail and also lets that spectacular bark feature. I love the rhs branch. The slightly crossing secondaries on the main left branch break the flow a bit for me, but I also like to see that sort of thing in a tree. Too much careful branch structure starts to look too contrived and unnatural.

Bit of a ramble, but I had to comment on what is such a nice tree, but also had to mention that I find it’s popularity interesting.
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With regard to the taxonomy.. for those with an interest in that sort of thing.. I found it interesting to read on plantnet (http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-b ... ~ericoides) that:

“Kunzea ericoides in the strict sense is a New Zealand species.In eastern Australia, the name has been applied to a very diverse range of plants that vary in habit, leaf shape, indumentum and branching. No taxonomic resolution of the Australian populations has been made yet.”
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DangerousDave wrote: March 9th, 2020, 10:31 pm I find it interesting that many desirable or popular attributes are only mildly present.. there is only a small amount of nebari flare, there is only slight and subtle tachiagari movement/angle, and there is not a great amount of ramification in the branch structure. But.. I don’t feel any of these things are missing from the tree, rather the subtleties of all of those features make for a gentle balance that draws the eye through the detail and also lets that spectacular bark feature. I love the rhs branch. The slightly crossing secondaries on the main left branch break the flow a bit for me, but I also like to see that sort of thing in a tree. Too much careful branch structure starts to look too contrived and unnatural.
I think that's what really draws me to this tree, is that it looks exactly like something you'd find out in the bush somewhere. The hyper-styled pines and junipers at Japanese shows are very impressive from a technical perspective but don't really do it for me aesthetically - it's the natural tree look for me.

If every bonsai followed the "rules" then everything would look the same - nature follows no rules!

Very subtle and clever styling Peter, thanks for sharing another beauty. Do you happen to have progression shots of this one?
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I really like this tree it looks so natural as others have pointed out I feel like you could easily see this tree somewhere in the bush while on a hike. I love the trunk and all the colours it is showing.

The temptation to get some natives is strong.
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Post by Alexa »

One stunning tree!!

That pot is a little orgasmic as well.
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