Hi All,
Have been working on this Kunzea Parvifolia Raft for a while and finally a small scattering of flowers. Has a tendency to drop branches randomly .Hopefully I can build it up a bit this growing season. Also a new pot might help. Sorry about quality of photos . Cheers John
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Good to see you have some flowers.
Mine flower less and less because I prune more often to keep a tidy outline. Any flowers appear on the tips of unpruned shoots so I suspect the way to get flowers will be to allow shoots to grow after a certain date (yet to be determined) similar to azalea and Callistemon.
Whoooaw. That’s an epic raft John. Very natural looking.
I can’t wait to see this in years to come.
I just repotted some of these and will now experiment with whether they make it. So far, they seem quite hardy and nothing eats them. They’ve survived periods of induced drought too. A lovely species. I do love the new minute growth you get on them and the fragrance.
Rory I style Bonsai naturally, just as they would appear in the wild.
Central Coast, NSW
Bonsai: Casuarina Leptospermum Banksia Phebalium Baeckea Melalueca Ficus
This is a beauty John. I really admire how you style your trees; they have a rugged, natural imprint that draws me in - interesting, attractive and natural.
Sorry for the late reply,
Thanks Shibui .A collection of trimming times for Aus natives would be fantastic. Maybe one day...
Cheers Rory .Great little species although I seem to suffer a little die back on smaller branches. I suspect a deeper pot will help. Also fell to the lure of some tube stock recently. Sometimes I wonder about my sanity.
Mark ,thanks for the kind words. On a different tack ,how is the olive going. Often think about that dead straight section .I have a native with a similar straight section and first thoughts was it had to go .BUT...
Cheers Watto ,not to sure about back budding. I have a couple more that are tall and dead straight. Once it warms up I will cut the trunk below the leaves as an experiment. Always a guessing game this Bonsai.
Thanks again John.
boom64 wrote: ↑October 8th, 2019, 7:33 pm
Mark ,thanks for the kind words. On a different tack ,how is the olive going. Often think about that dead straight section .I have a native with a similar straight section and first thoughts was it had to go .BUT...
John, I have just updated the thread Olives...I picked. Cheers Mark
Blimey... no human could create that Kunzea... yet one did! Be assured, that's a compliment.
Another ripper John... any background on that tree? Yamadori Or is it your handiwork from the get go. I am interested because the tree is in two halves - the trunk line changes dramatically but the branching of the whole tree brings it all together. Boom!
Yeah... agree with Mel and MJL... it’s got great character and style, and I think the pot adds another dimension too... it’s a great colour and size. Then there’s the flowers, everything is working!
Thanks Mel, Ryceman, Mark.
As requested here is a little background to this Tree. Correct as this is collected material. However it was always a challenge, in a good way. There is a beautiful natural piece of deadwood/ jin on the back. Originally was going to use this side as the front .The problem was the horizontal bend kicked the apex way to the back. Actually about 10cm so a fair distance to move.
I left for several years to gain health. Heavily wired the apex to form a tight bend. Also wired the longer branches in a sweeping fashion to get closer to the trunk. They were in a neutral position as was always in doubt about front.
Took the Tree to a workshop with Steve Tolley .He wanted to use the deadwood side as the front so we adjusted the branches to suite. After about a year sitting on the benches it just didn't gel with me. The apex was pulled over way to much ,even for a native. Out came the heavy wire and the back became the front . Have included a few photos which might explain things a bit better. Cheers John.
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. Cheers John
Be assured, that's a compliment. 
Or is it your handiwork from the get go. I am interested because the tree is in two halves - the trunk line changes dramatically but the branching of the whole tree brings it all together. Boom! 
