Syzygium smithii Tiny Trev
Posted: March 16th, 2013, 8:40 am
I was considering entering this into the Shonin comp, but decided it would work better as a larger tree. It currently stands a little over 400mm high and has great movement in the new leader that i thought best to allow to thicken rather than remove to get it under the size for a shonin.
It was rescued from a carpark where it was being smashed by cars. With the permission of the owners I also got a couple of others. They had massive tap roots and huge trunks just below the soil line. One died, another I will post soon and this one. I haven't looked at the roots since transplanting so are yet to see what I have to work with and the under side has a lot of bare wood. I imagine there will be quite a bit of carving in the final design.
These trees back bud profusely and produce many buds at the internodes. This was a bare trunk just over a year ago and has had little feeding other than the initial control release in the mix added after some growth had matured. I will hopefully do a bit of work on this tree soon including a repot before the weather turns too cool, not that we have a cold winter here (near Nambucca Heads, 30 mins south of Coffs).
I'm considering removing the lower branch and including this area in some carving and may change the planting angle. Also need to decide on a front. Originally I thought I would use the first picture as the front because of the character in the bark, but I love the trunk line of the last 2 pics.
Any comments/ides
It was rescued from a carpark where it was being smashed by cars. With the permission of the owners I also got a couple of others. They had massive tap roots and huge trunks just below the soil line. One died, another I will post soon and this one. I haven't looked at the roots since transplanting so are yet to see what I have to work with and the under side has a lot of bare wood. I imagine there will be quite a bit of carving in the final design.
These trees back bud profusely and produce many buds at the internodes. This was a bare trunk just over a year ago and has had little feeding other than the initial control release in the mix added after some growth had matured. I will hopefully do a bit of work on this tree soon including a repot before the weather turns too cool, not that we have a cold winter here (near Nambucca Heads, 30 mins south of Coffs).
I'm considering removing the lower branch and including this area in some carving and may change the planting angle. Also need to decide on a front. Originally I thought I would use the first picture as the front because of the character in the bark, but I love the trunk line of the last 2 pics.
Any comments/ides