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Hi All,
I was around Monbulk today, I dropped past a different nurseries one of the bonsai nurseries was called Imagination Tree.
I like pines, I thought it stood out so I sneaked a phone pic

hey el i know this tree and it looks like it has been neglected. paul sweeney always kept this tree pristine while in his care. now if you want to see the mother of all radiata's then check out the one at the entrance to the bonsai section at collectors corner next time you're up that way. BTW was there any good buys there today?

That's a lovely Radiata Eliast! Thanks for sneaking in the pic
I think it comes a close second to the following superb Radiata posted by Anttal63 some time ago... The original thread can be found here.
Regards,
Steven

anttal63 wrote:hey el i know this tree and it looks like it has been neglected. paul sweeney always kept this tree pristine while in his care. now if you want to see the mother of all radiata's then check out the one at the entrance to the bonsai section at collectors corner next time you're up that way. BTW was there any good buys there today?

I remember this pine from a few years back. It looked better then. I have been back to the nursery a couple of times since Paul left. Back then they had a good selection of chinese elm stock. Is Paul still in the business?

Eric, apparently he has bought himself a dingo digger and does that for a living. but he's gotta be growing trees on the side. its in his blood but where to find him?

Hey Ant,
The tree looked better in person, but I did notice some neglect on this tree, a bit of a shame....
I have heard the trees at Collectors Corner were very nice, especially their pines, I have only been to their Wholesale area that was pretty awesome I will be around that area tomorrow, and after having a look at their website I think I will be spending my lunchtime checking these trees out
http://www.collectorscorner.com.au/Bons ... ollect.htm

As far as bargains I think I got a few today I had an awesome day, I got some awesome bonsai pots, and some nice material to work and develop, I counted 38 Trees all up, 24 are in 8' pots others are in boxes or bags...Oh yeah and I have a special delivery Thursday can't wait
I will be definitely be posting some of these soon...

G'day Eric,
I don't think Paul is involved in the business in any way...A bit of a shame really from what I've seen, he had some real talent...

here is the mother from collectors corner. what is amazing about this tree is you cannot find a scar on it! trunk and every branch near perfect taper

anttal63 wrote:here is the mother from collectors corner. what is amazing about this tree is you cannot find a scar on it!

As soon as I saw it on their website I thought that is the one you must be talking about, it's awesome I can't wait to see it in person

I'll see if I can do a bit more phone pic shooting

el im glad that its you that had one of those wonderfully perfect bonsai days! you deserve it mate!
mate that tree in person just drops ya on ya arse!