[ANBITA] - Melaleuca Notyetidentifidum

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Steve Warren
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[ANBITA] - Melaleuca Notyetidentifidum

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This little Melaleuca was collected in early October 2011. It too was collected from under powerlines accross a friends block. If you look at the image below you will see the state it was in. Constant mowing had forced it to grow sideways with main branches growing either side. 4 weeks after collection (and against advice) I lifted it again from my garden, cut it in half to make two trees and replanted. Whatever species this is, it is one resilient little bugger.
I would like to airlayer the top half off this season in an attempt to keep this tree a shohin size as well as produce sunstantial taper.

Height: 29cm
Width: 24 cm
IMG_7927 Mel 1. today 26.6.12.jpg
IMG_5645 as collected.jpg
IMG_5647 Mel. 1 as collected.jpg
IMG_7096 Mel. 1, 4 months after collect.jpg
IMG_7542 Mel 1. 6 months after collect. and pruned and wired.jpg
future design.jpg
regards

Steve W
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Last edited by Steve Warren on June 27th, 2012, 3:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
If it were not for my trees, maybe I could see the forest.
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