National Eucalyptus Day 2020

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National Eucalyptus Day 2020

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Tomorrow, Monday 23 March 2020 is national Eucalyptus day. May I suggest that we all post a photo of one of our own Eucalyptus bonsai to celebrate the day in style?
I promise I will post one tomorrow.
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Here's my contribution, a couple of Eucalypts (species unknown) that I dug last spring. They are endemic to the S.E. Qld area.
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Being first is always good, thanks Raging.
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Eucalyptus nicholii
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Peter
That's beautiful!
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Thanks Peter, that has set the bar pretty high.
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Thanks Peter, that has set the bar pretty high.
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I've gone a bit nuts with my eucalypts (my wife might have some different wording for it if you ask her). Nothing close to a bonsai yet but check back in a few years :fc:
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Watto, it's ALWAYS Eucalyptus Day...

A couple of trunks I'm still working on:
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E. elata, from memory.
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?E. viminalis.
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E. bridgesiana, about 8 years old.
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E. crenulata, not my work, about 20 years old.

Look for small-leafed Eucs that grow in your area, grow them like mad, cut back hard, go crazy!

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Thanks Greg and Gavin.
This one I dug in November 2018 so it is nearly ready to start the design and wiring processes. Unfortunately I don't know the species.
I dug this because it had some low down trunk movement.
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Happy Eucalyptus Day .
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Forest Red Gum
E Tereticornis
Its about 70cm
Purchased as nursery stock in 2016
The trunk has been cut once in 17 and since just left have cut the branching a few times this season and other than that its just pinching


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On Gum Day - my gums ...

The River Gums in the [Natural] Comp
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and a start little River gums stump... all are given me joy.
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and a little Water Gum
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Cheers,

Mark

PS - Cool thread - thanks for starting - some great trees and PeterH - your tree is inspiring. As is Gavin's Bridgesiana and Sno's trees and bl@@dy back yard! Baldwitlion's Forest Red is cool too... in fact everyone have a crack at these bad units should be congratulated - they are chaotic in their habit and their reaction to anything approaching training - so anyone having a crack deserves a participation award. :lol:
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A day late but here's mine. Local ironbark that popped up in another pot, 6mths from a little 2 leaf seedling now over 2cm across and chopped 3weeks ago.
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PeterH wrote: March 22nd, 2020, 3:03 pm Eucalyptus nicholii
Funny... I was just searching the google-verse on behalf of Trunksie to figure out how to wire Sheoak and I found this article ... not about Sheoak http://anpsa.org.au/bonsaiSG/bonsai7.pdf... Pretty sure that PeterH and his tree is noted here back in 2004.

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