AusBonsai

Hi All, , sometimes when collecting trees i end up with little bits left over. This is one of those left over pieces, from an
M. rhaphiophylla clump. It's basically a piece of root and rotten away trunk. Not bonsai but fun to grow, we'll see what becomes of it .

Is your yard as full as mine is Craig ? You appear to be a serial hoarder like me I find it hard to say no to a free tree or plant and am loathe to throw away prunings that COULD become a magnificent bonsai one day


Tony

I also have the affliction you mention.
Too many little ones, and when i donate some, I always end up replacing them !

Ken

Hi I don't know about hoarder but his yard is full of you name it, he has more Melaleucas than I have. He has a lot of stuff left over and a lot of stuff for the BBQ when he is allowed to burn off.

I think he might slow down a bit now. Not because of any other reason than no more bloody room

Regards Pup

Hey Craig,

Any chance of seeing a few more pics from the other sides?

I have seen much poorer starting material turned into showstopping bonsai so why not this one?

Matt

MattA wrote:Hey Craig,

Any chance of seeing a few more pics from the other sides?

I have seen much poorer starting material turned into showstopping bonsai so why not this one?

Matt

Cheers guys,
pics aren't great but here u go Matt , it's 300mm high,

Ok maybe not material this bad

Seriously tho thats not bad wood at all & you got options to play with .
If space is a problem you simply make room by creating forests...Or swamps

A little bit of Melaleuca envy there Pup?

Matt

MattA wrote:Ok maybe not material this bad

Seriously tho thats not bad wood at all & you got options to play with .
If space is a problem you simply make room by creating forests...Or swamps

A little bit of Melaleuca envy there Pup?

Matt

Not really Matt just very Glad that someone else has taken up the challenge. It means I have a buddy with whom I can discuss various options and collecting techniques and recovery systems.
Also which ones are more prone to what problems. As living in this part of the world our conditions, mean we have to try a lot of differing things.
As we have found with trees that have gone from here to the east, they need time to ajust.

Cheers Mate Pup

MattA wrote:Ok maybe not material this bad

now i really am mad,

Pup wrote:

MattA wrote:Ok maybe not material this bad

Seriously tho thats not bad wood at all & you got options to play with .
If space is a problem you simply make room by creating forests...Or swamps

A little bit of Melaleuca envy there Pup?

Matt

Not really Matt just very Glad that someone else has taken up the challenge. It means I have a buddy with whom I can discuss various options and collecting techniques and recovery systems.
Also which ones are more prone to what problems. As living in this part of the world our conditions, mean we have to try a lot of differing things.
As we have found with trees that have gone from here to the east, they need time to ajust.

Cheers Mate Pup

Pup,

Its always great when you have someone else around who is as mad about something as you are. I have always wanted to come to the west coast and since being on here I am more & more keen.
Hoping to finally make it across in the not too distant future, better not make me too welcome or I might not leave.

Matt

Craig wrote:

MattA wrote:Ok maybe not material this bad

now i really am mad,

A pic of me...

coming along nicely I even gave it a new home.

Craig wrote:coming along nicely I even gave it a new home.

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I like it mate the pot is a good match

Cheers Pup

Ps Dawn would like the cage wireing again, mate she said she did not get it
leave it with ya OK
cheers

Yes they do work well together.

funny thing, A comment from a recent visitor(non bonsai) was that out of all my trees, this tree and another random tree were the most liked , that's from an un-biased eye.