Meet Pugsly

[daiviet_nguyen]

Hi Tony,

I like this one -- especially how the roots have made up the trunk. I like the arrangements of the branches too.

In a Lord of the Ring movie, there is a tree that talks and walks, ruggedness of this trunk makes me think of the tree in the movie

One of the best native figs I have seen.

Best regards.

[Tony Bebb]

Thanks all for your comments.

I have long regarded Pugsly as the best tree I have that has never made it to 'Bonsai'. Always been just growing and developing trunk and branches. It is now time to bring Pugsly to the front.

Booga, you ever deface and defame one of my trees with a bottle of green death again I will take you to Pugsly barber alright.

All good and thanks for the interest. Will update when the growth comes.

Tony

[Andrew F]

Thanks all for your comments.

I have long regarded Pugsly as the best tree I have that has never made it to 'Bonsai'. Always been just growing and developing trunk and branches. It is now time to bring Pugsly to the front.

Booga, you ever deface and defame one of my trees with a bottle of green death again I will take you to Pugsly barber alright.

All good and thanks for the interest. Will update when the growth comes.

Tony

Bahahahaha you two need to find a mid ground............. Tooheys New

[Tony Bebb]

Geez Velvet. I thought you were gunna lead with Carlton Mid with that comment, and then you threw in the New.

Lets all settle in Tassy and have a Boags. Premium of course

[Andrew F]

Geez Velvet. I thought you were gunna lead with Carlton Mid with that comment, and then you threw in the New.

Lets all settle in Tassy and have a Boags. Premium of course

Deal, as long as you're shouting Booga you get him drunk while i take off with pugsly

[mugen]

nice quote at the bottom of your thing Mugen, where did that one come from ? (sorry to go off subject, very nice tree too!!)

Hey nealweb it's from a manual on martial arts that I train in. The martial art is called I Liq Chuan has lots zen elements to it check it out on YouTube or just google I Liq chuan and check out the official website. Apologies for hijacking the pugsly thread ....
Again love this tree looking forward to seeing updates

[fireworks]

I love Pugsly and his name. It's a fabulous looking fig. Your next tree could be called "Wednesday".

[Jerry Meislik]

Lovely tree. Keep us posted.
Jerry

[FatMingsBonsai]

I kinda liked Pugsly with its aerial roots ! It was a good feature...
He just needed some branch refinement. Cute name, and great little tree though. Enjoy.

[The-Calli-Kid]

Thinks Pugsly has been watching too much Starwars!!
Both gross and graceful! Awesome fig mate!

Cheers
Lucas

[Booga]

Geez Velvet. I thought you were gunna lead with Carlton Mid with that comment, and then you threw in the New.

Lets all settle in Tassy and have a Boags. Premium of course

Deal, as long as you're shouting Booga you get him drunk while i take off with pugsly

Split down the middle Valvet, Dont mind Johnny Red either... I used to work at Ramset Fasteners in Ringwood many years ago.
I was on permanent afternoon shift with only one supervisor in charge and he was a top bloke I used to take a bottle of Red and 1.25 ltr coke
and kick back ay my machine with my walkmen and and booze. Not really something to be proud of and I hope you didn't build you house in the 90s

[Tony Bebb]

I love Pugsly and his name. It's a fabulous looking fig. Your next tree could be called "Wednesday".

I could name my Literati Morticia (Is that how you spell it). She is tall and graceful. Don't have anything Emo

I kinda liked Pugsly with its aerial roots ! It was a good feature...
He just needed some branch refinement. Cute name, and great little tree though. Enjoy.

The good part here is they will always come back. I go through stages where I will keep them for a while, and then cut them off as they start to get bigger.

Thinks Pugsly has been watching too much Starwars!!
Both gross and graceful! Awesome fig mate!

Do you think he looks more like Java the Hut

Will keep you all posted as the growth comes back.

Thanks

Tony

[Tony Bebb]

Even though the weather is cooling, Pugsly is coming back well. The shoots take a little while to burst, but then they really get a wriggle on.The original photos are from 24th March.

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Just want to keep the growth tight for now by maintaining tip pruning. More work will be done when spring comes around.

[Andrew F]

Strong base, but now i cant help but feel like the bottom left branch is ruining the taper of the trunk..

Either way its a beautiful fig.

[Tony Bebb]

Well the last photo was on the 7th May, and most trees start to go dormant in the winter, but that depends on how much of a winter you get. Whilst we are having a cold wet winter for Brisbane this year, the growth is till powering along on some trees. I still don't like to prune them much so it doesn't weaken the tree, and lets it grow nice and strong into spring.

These were taken on the 4th July

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