Quentins mela clump /group

[anttal63]

With a lack of trees posted it just gets boring at times. So for your viewing pleasure i found this. They are Melaleuca Bractea.

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[Jamie]

i here ya ant

that is one sweet group/clump too, i love the distortion of the trunks, very well designed


jamie

[Jarrod]

It is an amzaing and old clump. The trunk lines are a bit confusing but I heard Quinten say he was trying to sort them out a little bit. But as it's old it will be a slow and steady process.

I also feel that the freeform pot is not quite right for the tree, but I can't explain why, too heavy perhaps?

[Pup]

Yes I too find it to be very pleasing, if some what confusing. I have seen clumps growing like this on the foreshore around Wilsons inlet in Denmark.

It makes you wonder how the wind works in these areas. I have been tempted to do a group with a similar design, but did not as it was to radical. Being a conservative sort of none artist I have not.
Thank you for posting Antonio.

Cheers Pup

[craigw60]

Hi Ant,
Was this mel. clump originally grown by Geof Vanner it seem familiar. Its certainly a superb representation of our native trees
Craig

[MelaQuin]

I love the distorted trunks - I can almost hear the surf pounding and the sea wind blowing. But I do agree about the pot. I think it is taking attention from the trees, mimicking their movement but do you really need it. The trees strike me as hardy survivors in a harsh environment and the pot is too feminine and I just feel the group would be more cohesive with a more subdued pot, possibly in a charcoal colouration or clay coloured, not the strong brown. I would also like to see it low and longer so the trees looked more as if they were clawed into the soil and not as tho they were perched on a rocking chair hummock. But getting a pot the necessary size... well that's a task for sure. I've recoloured a rough finished pot by applying black shoe polish and it worked very well. If the pot is not a high glaze you might want to consider that method of toning down the colour.

[anttal63]

Jamie i agree whole heartedly very well designed.

Jezz i agree the pot is to heavy, however what might be aesthtically perfect may not be horticulturely. I dont find the trunks confusing as such. After studying the melas that grow down along our southern coast line this year i find this conflict quite credible.

Pup i knew you would like these for the same reason that your coastline produces this kind of thing too. The weather conditions on the southern end of Australia can be harsh, vicious and unpredictable.

Craig i believe you are spot on there mate.

Mela agreed on all!

Glad you all like the planting. This man here never ceases to inspire me.