AusBonsai

been a lurker here for a few months just reading and now iv decided to make a post. iv have a melaleuca that i dug up from my grandads farm for about 2-3 years that iv been styling to an informal broom type (sorry no pics yet) that would be my oldest one.
i also have a 1 year old white pine that i got from a friend, training is formal upright
i also have a few banksias and spearwoods that i dug up a few months ago from the farm, just letting them grow at this stage.

and now the reason for my postl a week ago i got about 300 seeds (30 species x 10 seeds of each) from ebay, hoping to get atleast 1 sample of each species.
got them started in foam cups, i have pics on a facebook page i made to blog their progress, the foam cups have holes in the bottom for drainage and plastic sandwich bags over the top. hopefully should get a good crop but being winter now and most of them liking warmth i dont know.
i dont know how to post pics on here so if u want to see the facebook page just look up smiling rock bonsai
its named that coz i put half of them at my work since theres more space, i have a bunch of them in baking trays inside my loungeroom haha

none of the seeds popped, too much water pretty sure, anyway heres some pics

the paperbark that iv been growing as a broom style, had a bit of a play with wiring but nothing serious, just trying to thicken the trunk
also got an english oak and Japanese maple seedling

just sharing

Seeds can be very picky, so don't give up, sometimes they can take a while to pop Its also worth researching into the seed you're tryign to grow, as a fair few need certain circumstances to grow (like Japanese Maple seeds need to have a stratification period).

Nice little mel you have there, with a bit of work it could be a great bonsai!