Callitris columellaris

[Raging Bull]

Thanks for those insights shibui. For someone not involved in the trade/commercial side of things these factors don't readily come to mind.
Cheers, Frank.

[melbrackstone]

Frank I'm sorry to say I didn't make it to the show, I would have loved to!

Just call Burringbar before you make the trip, sometimes they don't have the plants ready to go...

Terry I think you're right about fresh seed....I have bought seed from online, but not one has ever germinated..

thanks for the extra info Neil, I can see that these trees are probably more of interest to bonsai people, rather than landscapers...so until there's more demand, they will be a niche thing..?

[shibui]

so until there's more demand, they will be a niche thing..?

Or until someone finds an individual that has some different characteristic - different coloured foliage, different shaped foliage, prostrate (gardeners love something that's different) or even better a dwarf form that will fit into a suburban garden.

[melbrackstone]

Or until someone finds an individual that has some different characteristic - different coloured foliage, different shaped foliage, prostrate (gardeners love something that's different) or even better a dwarf form that will fit into a suburban garden.

that too....

[gnichols]

You're not the only one who has trouble finding the callitris.

Maybe your wife/partner could steer your green thumb?

Sent from my SM-G570F using Tapatalk

[Raging Bull]

Hi Mel & Terryb, I tried to send a PM reply, but something went wrong and it didn't work. Anyway, thanks for the offer re seed Terry, but I still have some fresh seed I collected about 3 months ago and held back while planting some of it. Now that it's warmer I'll try again and hopefully this time it will germinate.
Mel, I went for a drive to the Upper Burringbar nursery today and bought a couple of callitris tubestock and a Daintree pine. I'd better not go there too often, it's too tempting with the large range of natives they have there.
Cheers, Frank.

[melbrackstone]

They do have a lot to choose from, don't they Frank? heehee

[melbrackstone]

crepeDSC_0212.jpg

No idea where the crepe myrtle seeds came from under the Callitris trees.... but it seems I picked up three, and they all shot... looks like I have some Crepe Myrtle groups on the go now...

[Redsonic]

You could have done a lot worse than Crepe Myrtle. Look forward to seeing how they go in a few years' time.

[Keep Calm and Ramify]

Looks like your about to get a sneak peek of what colour too Mel!

[melbrackstone]

You could have done a lot worse than Crepe Myrtle. Look forward to seeing how they go in a few years' time.

I didn't really need more CM....lol. I might pot them up as a kusamono and flog them off at the next exhibition sale.

Looks like your about to get a sneak peek of what colour too Mel!

Since they're seedlings, I suppose they'll be all sorts of different colours!?

[Beano]

They don’t look like crepe Myrtle to me. The leaves aren’t quite right and the flower buds are quite small and usually in clusters of several, not just one at the end of the growth.

[Keep Calm and Ramify]

They don’t look like crepe Myrtle to me. The leaves aren’t quite right and the flower buds are quite small and usually in clusters of several, not just one at the end of the growth.

Nah...they're CM for sure. Being seedlings they are displaying their first juvenile flowers, the clusters will develop as maturity is gained.
I reckon Mel will shortly have something that resembles this.

Victor S Engel2011.jpg

[melbrackstone]

I should be running a book on the colours...lol.

[Redsonic]

I should be running a book on the colours...lol.

I'll open the betting with pink