MacGuyver wrote:I assume you've seen Treeman's thread on this species?
He has a few in the ground with some serious bends going on that may be good inspiration for you?
Are there many other of these and other natives at that nursery? I need more natives!
You would assume correct
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, yeah they are a very interesting species and have caught my eye recently after yes seeing treeman's posts and others putting up pics of theirs from shows n what not. Also walks along the south coast I have begun to notice them.
Macguyver Sydney wildflower nursery have a great range of Australian natives to chose from. I'm sure I will be back there in the future as I have always had a like for natives trees.
So when I bought this one he had about 6 others that had just came in, and also mentioned some 20 year old ones that were at another nursery but silly me didn't ask more about them :plam:
shibui wrote:Coast Ti tree does not bud on bare wood reliably so you can't just let them grow very big then cut back. I think the best way is to prune back regularly while there is still foliage on the shoots. They do like to be fed and regular feeding will encourage growth. No need for low P 'native' fert. Leptos are happy to have standard fertilisers.
Definitely make some strong bends in any parts you are considering will be in the final tree. As Bougy fan points out trees tend to thicken more inside bends so bends are gradually less over time so overdo the bending now to allow for that.
Awesome advice shibui, as I didn't want to kill this one feeding it like I did to one of my other Australian native 1yo cuttings.
Cheers dwayne
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