I must say I'm a little disappointed

[Pup]

I agree lets move on, but before we do, I have a thread that shows a Lilly Pilly under Achmena or Syzygium.

That was created from a piece of root. I think that counts as development.
There is also one from aussie4bonsai about the developement of his lilly pilly from an airlayer in the under ANBIT.

Mine is entered in the ANBC

Cheers Pup


edits to correct spelling

[dansai]

Sorry guys, definitely no offence meant. And not a challenge, but I was trying to encourage.

Thanks Dario. You are right and I will be posting some as soon as I can and hope that those with more experience than I can point me in the right direction. I have seen some excellent tress and have been inspired by them and hope I can develop my trees to reach their potential.

N.B. My bonsai age has not changed since I joined. Is this something you need to change manually?

[LLK]

dansai,

Contrary to exotics, natives cannot be collected from the wild as they are all protected. Exotics in the wild are considered noxious weeds and one can get permission to dig them out. If one is lucky, one can get natives from a private property, but those of us who are in that situation are only few. There aren't many members here yet who have grown natives for 20 years or more and therefore have decent size trees. Most of us have to get them from nurseries and these very rarely sell large size trees. With all of that, we have to take into consideration the fact that the bonsai-ing of natives is a comparatively recent form of the art. And, when all is said and done, this forum is promoting bonsai in general, not specifically one kind or another. You say you are a beginner. Learn the art before limiting yourself to one kind of plants.

Lisa

P.S. -- There are several species of native Ficus in Australia. Enter "Ficus" in Search and you'll get thousands of entries.