Banksia Serrata My fat little pig

[Josh]

This is my Serrata "Pigmy possum. It is a low growing coastal shrub with a big fat but

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I have 2 of these and both have nice big fat bases on them. The second one has his butt hiding in the ground a bit so I'll have to dig it out a bit and see what it looks like Hopefully same as this one.

Josh

[alpineart]

Hi kidsandall , mate i have seen these at the local hardware , not quite as impressive at the base as yours , but they look like a nice specimen to work with .All the plants i looked at had been chop topped , hence i didn't purchase one . I would be inclined to remove all the lower shoots and allow the energy to grow the leader and upper shoots into branches . The base is more than big enough to impress at 80mm , with some upper foliage it will be a little ripper in no time . I'm keen to see this one progress .

Cheers Alpine

[Josh]

Thanks Alpine, there was a third one but the trunk on it did nothing. Don't know what the difference was. I will remove the lower branches as you said and get it growing up top now. The leaves on these seem smaller to so should look good as a smaller tree. Being a prostrate form the get good natural movement in the branches and trunk too.

Josh

[Josh]

Been cleaning up some trees so thought I'd up date a few while I'm at it.

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Happy for any comments or critiques.

Josh