Lucky find - Cape Honeysuckle

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Lucky find - Cape Honeysuckle

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While at the home improvement store a few days back, I was strolling through the plants as my lovely wife picked out some paint. I was browsing through the 1 cm trunks looking for anything interesting, and all the sudden this jumps out at me. :shock: The root spread is nearly 10 cm, and the base of the trunk is about 5.
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Obviously I had to buy it since it was only $20. I'm still scratching my head and wondering who let this slip in with the other plants, but I don't mind. :lost: The leaves look like a decent size, and the trunk gives some really interesting options for styling. It should have orange flowers on it too which will be fun - I've been wanting a decent flowering tree for a while. Might help my kids get more interested too (they're both girls, so pretty flowers really get them). Here are front and back after repotting and cleaning up a little.
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The cheap plastic pot is the only one I had around that would fit the tall root base - I didn't want to reduce it down too much right away. There is a plastic plate under there though so the roots should grow laterally and not straight down. Tomorrow I'll put some cut paste on to cover a few knobs I had to take off and then just let it grow for a bit. In the meantime, I'll be working on figuring out a good style for it, so please feel free to share your ideas!
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Re: Lucky find - Cape Honeysuckle

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Great base for $20!
I like the bark too!

Bargain!

Look forward to seeing how this one goes.
There are some great CH specimens I viewed on a quick google image search..
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Re: Lucky find - Cape Honeysuckle

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I haven't received any advice on this, and I think I will enter it into the shohin contest. Can I get an admin to lock or maybe even delete this thread to ensure I don't accidentally get a virtual that would disqualify me somehow? Thanks!
Cheers, Karl
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