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Hi Matt and Dario

I sealed the cut with Kiyonal on the Banksia serrata that I did a few weeks ago. The cut was about 40 - 50mm accross, so fairly big, and the tree is just going beserk with new buds popping all over.


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Grant

Thank you to all in regards comments and Ideas on this banksia. I am new to this site and Bonsai. I am so gratefull to all whom I've browesed at and am inspired to go for it all . my need is more information about lots of things regarding Bonsai, books to read, information that I can access regularly, my inthusiasm is faster than the plants will grow. Many thanks to your contributions . A BIT COMPUTER DEFITIENT TOO.ba1ley

A mid winter update. Will probably change the pot after all if I can find something I like.

Grant

Looking better all the time Still not sure about the pot

Bretts wrote:Looking better all the time Still not sure about the pot

For once I agree with you Brett.

The lighter foliage patterns focusses attention on the strength and "crankiness" of the branches. The smaller clumps are arranged very finely. And it's good to see the silvery undersides in contrast with the green tops. Great tree. I will personally dispose of the pot.

Gavin

Wowza this tree is great like it alot but the pot hurts my eyes if the pot didnt have the red markings on it i think it would be ok

Hi all,

I am preparing this tree for the coming Canberra AABC Convention. It stand 84cm from the bottom of the pot to the round apex.

I spent about an hour this morning doing the obvious light trimming necessary.

I will need to spend another few hours in about four weeks time to remove any old/damaged leaves and trim off leaves hanging down under the branches.

Give the pot a clean and polish; clean and polish the slab of burl it will be presented on etc.

Grant

Fantastic tree Grant, thanks for sharing! Post some pics of it on display for those of us who can't make it there.

lackhand wrote:Fantastic tree Grant, thanks for sharing! Post some pics of it on display for those of us who can't make it there.

The trees are going to be photographed for the Canberra Bonsai Society at the show in a systematic way so they can be posted on the CBS website after the Convention.

Grant

UPDATE.
Sorry,

This is going to have to be a bit of a tease.

This tree has just undergone a fairly major restyle and repot and the process was recorded for an upcoming article in the BCI magazine to help promote the AABC Convention in 2014 in Qld.

Anyhow the pics were taken with available light in my new and now almost finished Bonsai studio against the wall. It comes up well I feel without having to muck around with backgrounds.

Grant

I'll be interested to see this tree in its new pot. Can you tell us about this pot?

Hi,

The pot I ending up selecting for the tree was my second choice for the restyle of the banksia but the pot I brought back from China was not big enough. The pot I brought back in my luggage was 48cm wide by 14cm high. It survived the transport in a hardened case and was well packed, but it just wasn't big enough. Its a very nice pot and will certainly be good for pines, junipers etc.

The pot I ended up using was from Kinston Wang and measures 56cm x 14cm. Same depth but wider. I needed the extra depth over the original pot to do what I had in mind with the restyle. The pot leached some salts for a few weeks but after a clean up with water and baby oil it is doing fine. It is a nice looking pot.

Grant

After the restyle the new growth is going gang busters all over.

Here is the tip of the very lowest branch elongating as part of the further restyle.



Grant

You're still teasing us Grant! When will we get to see what you have been doing?

Regards,
Steven