That was May this year and this is how it looked when I got it home (minus the extra 6' that was above these branches).
It backbudded profusely from the initial chop but they remained reluctant to do anything so in early september I removed the rest of the branches & repotted, in the process discovering why it wasn't growing as strongly as it should be... (all will be revealed at the end)
It finally started to make some moves & is now doing just fine.
Still lots of growing to do & a direction to be found but I may be starting to get an idea for the second bit...
Now to why it wasn't growing as it should...
Borers, the kind that burrow just under the bark, eating out the cambium so you never even know they are there till too late... well it almost was too late, just the smallest sliver of cambium was still intact when I repotted and even I didnt give it much hope. It sat & sat & sat until november then suddenly the buds started to move, the cambium is visibly starting to repair itself & we are back in business... The base is also what starts my idea for its future direction but first to get it really strong again...Grevillea 'Honey Wonder'
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Grevillea 'Honey Wonder'
I have never been a huge fan of variegated trees but when I saw an old specimen of this variety growing locally it changed my mind. I had seen the stock trees sitting at my fave nursery but still baulked on getting one, that was until i was there with my mentor getting some landscaping plants. After a bit of goading about how it would make a great long term project, we did a deal, he paid & I get the torment of trying to do something with it That was May this year and this is how it looked when I got it home (minus the extra 6' that was above these branches).
It backbudded profusely from the initial chop but they remained reluctant to do anything so in early september I removed the rest of the branches & repotted, in the process discovering why it wasn't growing as strongly as it should be... (all will be revealed at the end)
It finally started to make some moves & is now doing just fine.
Still lots of growing to do & a direction to be found but I may be starting to get an idea for the second bit...
Now to why it wasn't growing as it should...
Borers, the kind that burrow just under the bark, eating out the cambium so you never even know they are there till too late... well it almost was too late, just the smallest sliver of cambium was still intact when I repotted and even I didnt give it much hope. It sat & sat & sat until november then suddenly the buds started to move, the cambium is visibly starting to repair itself & we are back in business... The base is also what starts my idea for its future direction but first to get it really strong again...
That was May this year and this is how it looked when I got it home (minus the extra 6' that was above these branches).
It backbudded profusely from the initial chop but they remained reluctant to do anything so in early september I removed the rest of the branches & repotted, in the process discovering why it wasn't growing as strongly as it should be... (all will be revealed at the end)
It finally started to make some moves & is now doing just fine.
Still lots of growing to do & a direction to be found but I may be starting to get an idea for the second bit...
Now to why it wasn't growing as it should...
Borers, the kind that burrow just under the bark, eating out the cambium so you never even know they are there till too late... well it almost was too late, just the smallest sliver of cambium was still intact when I repotted and even I didnt give it much hope. It sat & sat & sat until november then suddenly the buds started to move, the cambium is visibly starting to repair itself & we are back in business... The base is also what starts my idea for its future direction but first to get it really strong again...You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
42 Mice ~Imperfection
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards." ~ Vernon Sanders Law
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth
"Bonsai becomes great when growers start trees they know they will never see in a pot"
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards." ~ Vernon Sanders Law
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth
"Bonsai becomes great when growers start trees they know they will never see in a pot"
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Re: Grevillea 'Honey Wonder'
It has really grown over the last few months & the lacey feel that the leaf form & colour give its canopy is really something to see in person.. (I will have to find a suitable background sheet as the the pics dont show it very well).
The lifeline is secure & has really filled out, at next repot it will be interesting to see how see how the new root system has developed & where that directs the tree be taken.
With growth being left unchecked I expect flowering to begin in the next few months & will update with a pic then, for now its back to its usual home in the garden to keep doing its thing.
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42 Mice ~Imperfection
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards." ~ Vernon Sanders Law
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth
"Bonsai becomes great when growers start trees they know they will never see in a pot"
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards." ~ Vernon Sanders Law
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth
"Bonsai becomes great when growers start trees they know they will never see in a pot"
