Proteaceae

[Pup]

This tree is a member of the same family as the Banksia's. I have been training this now for about three years. It was given to me by a guy that went to SA
for family reasons. He said that since I had made him and his wife and children feel welcome.
Now that they were moving here is a native I know you will make into a nice tree. I have tried. I have now found my entry also. so those of you that voted to help me I am very grateful and I hope you are not disappointed in my choice seeing as you had none in this one. Here is my choice Adenanthos cygnorum ( wooly Bush )

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Again I thank you all Pup

[Jon Chown]

Nice one Pup - May the force be with you - Good Luck

Jon

[Steven]

Lovely Pup! A very fine and fitting tree for the competition.

S.

[daiviet_nguyen]

I hope people do not think I am sucking up to you But I do like this one.

A little while back, I passed on a beautiful hand-made Chinese pot, whose
legs are similar to this one, because I found it hard to work with this style
of pot.

Thank you for posting this Pup. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to
you and your family.

Regards,

Viet.

[Jarrod]

Thats amazing, In great shape at the moment. I love these trees and this specimen is truely awesome.

I would love to see yor WHOLE collection but i fear I may be overwhelmed!

A fitting choice, and good luck in the competition.

[Asus101]

It was given to me by a guy that went to SA

Send it back to SA. Ill PM you my address.

[Pup]

It was given to me by a guy that went to SA

Send it back to SA. Ill PM you my address.

It was never in SA the guy who gave it to me has moved there poor sod.
We are still trying to find him!!

[Pup]

I hope people do not think I am sucking up to you But I do like this one.

A little while back, I passed on a beautiful hand-made Chinese pot, whose
legs are similar to this one, because I found it hard to work with this style
of pot.

Thank you for posting this Pup. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to
you and your family.

Regards,

Viet.

Daiviet A merry Christmas to you and your Family. I dont care if you are. Sucking up
This pot was made by a Japanese lady who was in Western Australia studying. She has since gone back to Japan.
I have been told that she hopes to get back here . So I might be able to get her to make some more. Regards Pup

[mudlarkpottery]

It's really lovely, Pup. I hope you win the competition with it. Do you get to see the other contestants' trees?
Penny.

[Pup]

It's really lovely, Pup. I hope you win the competition with it. Do you get to see the other contestants' trees?
Penny.

G,day Penny. I would like to think I will being a realist I know I wont.
Seeing as I have seen some of the trees that have won in the past.
The top 200 are to published in a Book. so I hope to get in the book. The competition is open to Japan this time. First time they have been allowed.
This is in Memoriam to Subaro Kato.
My entry is mainly to represent Australia. In the past there has been one winner two runners up ten Honorable mentions then the top 93 trees. I have managed and honorable mention and a 37.
Thank you for your wishes though it is still nice to have the Certificate to frame. I have two, Then you can blow your own trumpet.
Best wishes for the season Pup Mrs Pup and of course the Pup

[aaron_tas]

pup, you certainly have trumpet blowing rights

most welcome to critique my trees anytime...

[Pup]

Hello to you all I hope you had a good day yesterday and not too many hangovers!!.
I have just had an Email informing me that my entry to the Competition has been accepted and forwarded.
I have been told it will go before the judging panel at the end of January. With winners being announced at the end of February.
I thank you all for you help and kind wishes.
May your God be with you and yours for the coming Year. I hope we will all have a better one than the last.
Pup and family

[Pup]

As promised some more pics,and a bit of information gathered thus far.
Being a member of the Proteaceae family it is from the same family as the Banksia. So when I was given this to train as a Bonsai.

I decided to treat it as one, as far as feeding and pruning and root pruning. I have root pruned this twice in the three and a half years that I have had it.
Once to take it from the large pot it was in, and once in this pot last September. As at this point no problems encountered. It does grow quite vigorously so thinning out as in juniper thinning has been carried out on Monday the 23rd Feb.

It shoots back on old wood but I think it would be a while developing branches.
It has a tendency to brown of with water left on the foliage. It does clear up with dryer condition. As its common name suggest here in the West ( woolly bush ) the foliage is very fine and when new looks like wool fibres. It tolerates light shade as well as full sun.

I feed once per fortnight using Phostrogen.
Once a month Miracle Gro for Azalea's and Camellias. Both these products are low in Phosphates so they are tolerated by the Proteaceae family. After root pruning I use Superthrive and Seasol alternately till it shows signs of growth then continue with my fertilizer program.
I hope this of some help. This is only three and a half years of growing so it is not conclusive yet and more study is needed so I will keep noting what happens. Good or Bad. Now here are the pics.

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As you can see it is a different looking tree now.

[Jon Chown]

Good post Pup. I think that the sight of this as a bonsai will stimulate a lot of interest.

Jon

[EdwardH]

Lovely tree Pup. I have a woolly bush growing in my front yard in Sydney and never thought to try growing it as a bonsai. That is one of the benfits of this site - I get to listen, look and learn from a large number of people who know a lot more I do.
EdwardH