Kunzea parvifolia

[Sno]

Love the flowers!

They are quite a vibrant purple . If I time it right (not this year ) and give it a prune late winter it keeps its shape while flowering rather than being a blob on a stick .

[Sno]

Such a pretty tree when it's flowering, and when it's not. I love all the curves in trunk and branches!

Thanks Mel it’s quite complicated to prune it for a little tree . Most of the curves have been by cut and grow although I did find some copper wire left on it from a couple of years ago when I had wired it to show it in our local native show .

[GavinG]

Very fine. The Kunzeas allow very fine detail, if you accept that they won't make a pine-sized trunk any time soon. And the movement has been well judged, - it's all consistent, but still relaxed.

It will be good to see in flower next season. I usually end up pruning in September - so no flowers... When do you repot? (And isn't it always something like late winter down your way?)

Gavin

[Sno]

Very fine. The Kunzeas allow very fine detail, if you accept that they won't make a pine-sized trunk any time soon. And the movement has been well judged, - it's all consistent, but still relaxed.

It will be good to see in flower next season. I usually end up pruning in September - so no flowers... When do you repot? (And isn't it always something like late winter down your way?)

Gavin

Thanks Gavin . I repotted it on Monday . There will be a frost on Friday ,only a light one though should get down to -2 .

[Sno]

It took me over an hour to cut off all the flowers today ,sorry no photo but it was basically a purple blob . It’s still a bit bushy maybe later I will get back to it but I needed to repot it . The wire that held in its last pot had broken and it kept on getting blown out of the pot . It’s been a brutal spring up here with every week having at least one day of 100k winds , two days of frost and no rain .
Its new pot is a Bad Swan .

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