Large collected Lilly Pilly

alpineart · Post by **alpineart** » August 30th, 2011, 6:19 pm

Hi Bretts , it was planted out 13-14 years ago, possible trimmed once in the ground then forgotten .It is 2.5 m high but has a sucker 3.0m high , the trunk is around 120mm with a base around ground level of 150mm, leaves are max' 50mm on average 35-40mm and slightly smaller then marble size fruit unlike the street scape trees here . It has been growing in sticky red clay with no fertilizer , watering or trimming during its garden stay .Cheers Alpine

Dario · Post by **Dario** » December 1st, 2011, 6:34 am

I know it is early days with this one Bretts, but how is it going? Has the trunk burst with new shoots and is it now growing well?
I was also wondering if you have pruned back some of the bare branches that you left on after collection now that you have new growth?
So I guess I am trying to ask if you are just letting the growth go at this stage (letting it recover after collection), or are you doing some shoot/branch selection even if minimal?
Cheers, Dario.

Bretts · Post by **Bretts** » December 5th, 2011, 12:27 pm

Hi Dario
It has lots of new shoots but they are mostly still very young and I haven't touched it again but I did take a little more wood of than pictured in the original collection I think. I will get a pic when I get back in a few days. One night stop over at home today

Dario · Post by **Dario** » December 6th, 2011, 7:52 pm

Thanks Bretts, look forward to seeing it!
Cheers, Dario.

Bretts · Post by **Bretts** » December 14th, 2011, 10:31 am

Snapped a quick pic of this one for you too Dario. Would be a good time to start moving it back into full sun I think. If only I could find the room

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Dario · Post by **Dario** » December 15th, 2011, 1:44 pm

Wow Bretts, that is bursting with new shoots! I haven't seen any larger/older Lilly Pilly's in person such as this,and I really like the detail of the aged bark on the lower trunk!
This is going to be a ripper, thanks for the pic!
Cheers, Dario.

Bretts · Post by **Bretts** » November 12th, 2012, 4:12 pm

Collected just over a year ago it was now time for some decisions, I decided to get rid of more wood for a more classical design.

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alpineart · Post by **alpineart** » November 12th, 2012, 5:45 pm

Hi Bretts , mate its coming up a treat ,obviously it has a good root mass to support that growth where mine is lacking roots .

Cheers Alpine

Dario · Post by **Dario** » November 12th, 2012, 7:19 pm

Thanks for updating Brett, looks great!
It has a very nice structure:tu2:
Cheers, Dario.

matlea · Post by **matlea** » November 12th, 2012, 7:33 pm

Looking good!

Bretts · Post by **Bretts** » February 4th, 2013, 3:46 pm

Now where were we ?

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matlea · Post by **matlea** » February 4th, 2013, 5:28 pm

Strong growth... Mine are just pushing out another flush of growth with this warm weather.... Are you going to trim?

Bretts · Post by **Bretts** » February 4th, 2013, 6:07 pm

Yes I was about to get stuck in for a trim and a wire but then we got visitors

Mojo Moyogi · Post by **Mojo Moyogi** » February 4th, 2013, 6:44 pm

Hi Brett,
I remember seeing this tree back in 2011 when you collected it and thinking what a nice piece of raw material it is. Nothing has changed since then, but I have to ask whether you will remove the oversize branches and start fresh. To me the first and second branches are already too heavy and I could easily argue that number one is poorly located too. On vigorous material such as this, if you were to regrow branches from scratch, you could potentially have a tree that features a beautiful flowing trunk with very good taper, without the distraction of blocky, overly heavy primary branching. It's taken 16 years for the trunk to reach that stage and 2 years in recovery for it to get where it is now.

Surely 4-5 years making potentially great primary and secondary branches is a worthy investment and something that you are easily capable of.
I hope that you give this your consideration.

Cheers,
Mojo

hugh grant · Post by **hugh grant** » February 4th, 2013, 8:14 pm

have missed this one in the past.
Its looking real good brett!!!
fantastic trunk and the basic structure is looking good to me.
looking forward to more updates

Hugh

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