Leptospermum id

[Jasonb]

Hi all,

I've been collecting some lepto's from a property near me ( permission off the owner of course ) and I'm not sure what species they are?

Here are the pics anywho,





Regards Jason.

[Damian Bee]

May just be a Baeckea?

[kcpoole]

Do not think Baekea. foliage looks too big and too light a green
Ken

[Damian Bee]

Hmmmm

[Jasonb]

I know this is a hard one, as there are so many different variations. I am proactively looking myself, and am struggling. I'm sure one of us will nail it though.

Jason

[MattA]

The first is a Leptospermum, one of the unsung underused natives of bonsai and it looks like you have some great potential there, look forward to seeing the whole tree sometime. (we need a nudge smiley)

http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-b ... rmum&dist=
This is a species list of Leptospemum growing in NSW, if you have a look at some of the other search engines they will do alot of the work for you just by telling them where you found it growing etc, good luck & enjoy the research if you are heading down the collecting road, before on methods & after on what you actually got, we all do it(or have done), some more than others.

[MattA]

I know this is a hard one, as there are so many different variations. I am proactively looking myself, and am struggling. I'm sure one of us will nail it though.

Jason

Mate I hear you & feel your pain, I have the odd one or 2 I still cannot ID, my best guess would be one of the subforms of polygalafolium, widespread, variable, treelike.
Matt

[newzealandteatree]

Based on the pictures only, this is my guess:
The first is either a Leptospermun Scoparium Pearl or Leptospermun Polygaliforium. However it is almost impossible to successfully dig a Leptospermun Scoparium. That at least is as far as my personal experiences go. The Leptospermun Polygaliforium is a little more tolerant.
The second looks like a paper bark.
The third resembles the foliage of a bottlebrush.

A more accurate assessment involve the bark, leave, flower and smell of crush leaf.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

CJ

[Jasonb]

Unfortunately the top one was too big to dig and is not in my collection due to this, but here is a pic of the tree nun the less.


Jason

[Jasonb]

Cheers for the link too Matt,

I am leaning towards the flaky bark tea tree now, it is the closest resembling tree so far, not counting my penny's yet, but I feel a lot more comfortable with that species.



The first two are from the link,



These are trees of my own,

I will get some detailed shots of wild trees over the next couple of days and post them for comparison and discussion.

Jason

[MattA]

Great work Jason, I reckon you are as close as you will get, it is also a good species to work with but backbudding is unpredictable so I stick to leaving some green when pruning. The one in the yellow bucket looks fantastic, interested to hear you method & timing.

[Jasonb]

Cheers Matt, as for timing, I collect when it is HOT, off rocks is the most successful, you can retrieve a lot more of the roots this way. Then after that it is straight into 25% seasol and the rest water. They power on if you don't touch the roots straight away. I actually styled the one in the bucket today. The photos don't do it justice because it looks too busy, but here they are anyway.







I have gone for the weeping style with this one. I have left a bucket load of extra foliage on it just to aid its recovery.

Jason