[Not Updated}[matlea] lilly pilly

[matlea]

Species: lilly pilly
Height: 50cm
Source: Nursery
Cost: $15

Obtained from nursery over a year ago, all that has been done to this has been a hard trunk chop and dratic root reduction and into the current pot to hopefully survive.... so far so good! water feed water feed .... Intention was to make this a slightly larger tree but then this cometition came along .will see how it goes

[matlea]

Not much to report on this one ... gave it a trim and thats it....

Will trim harder once the growing season is uppon us.

[matlea]

This one looks a bit sumo at the moment. The front for this one keeps changing. The photo attached is the current front with the back requiring some creative carving as it has a large chop where it was reduced (can see this in the first photos). Will let the new leader grow for now and then chop back once the desired thickness is achieved. Then do it all over again!
I might try some root grafts on the front in the future to improve this area,

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see how it goes.

[Boics]

Looks like jabba the hut!
Sumo indeed!

[matlea]

Well I got some time to carve the back... Which is now the front... go figure! Will let is weather for a bit then I'll try some ink and lime sulfur treatment. Haven't done much to the top but some very basic wiring.
Hope you guys like it.

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[Elmar]

Very cool!


Cheers
Elmar

[matlea]

Thanks ....thought about trying to make it look like multiple trunks rather than on large hole for a while.... Now to sort out the top!

[Ryceman3]

Like it a lot.