AusBonsai

Hi guys,

I have recently moved onto 10 acres of pretty much bush land. These little fellas are in their thousands on the property.They have little berries growing on them too. I went out and took a whole stack photos today of some of the trees in decent light, only to find that there was no card in my camera so I quickly ran out and snapped a couple of pics before the sun disappeared . Might get some better ones tomorrow. They seem to grow in some really cool shapes and sizes.
As you can see in the pics the are growing from solid rock. Any help ID'ing these trees from a fellow forumee would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and I'll keep looking through my book on natives

Cheers, Gav

Are you sure that they are native as they look like the introduced Indian Hawthorne to me. Rhaphiolepis indica.... https://www.google.com.au/search?q=raph ... B800%3B600

Naturalized in Australia http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds ... indica.htm

Thanks for the heads up Hackimoto.
I was just looking through the book of Natives as a first port of call. I had no idea whether it is Native or not.
I will have a better look into the Hawthorn suggestion though.

Regards,

Gav

If they are Indian Hawthorne, they will flower soon with white or pink flowers. They are very tough and make reasonably good Bonsai material. Did you click on the links that I posted?

Your unbelievable with your ID skills Hack.

Yes thank you for that. I have clicked on the links and also had a look at the weeds listing for my local Council and may have come up with another possible solution... Chinee Apple (Ziziphus mauritiana). I will get up close and personal and get some better pics of the leaves and other attributes tomorrow. The kangaroos and wallabies have done a good job of shaping those trees
I will post some more pics in the morning

http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds ... itiana.htm

Here are some more pics of the trees/weeds...
Share the property with too many Death Adders, Taipans, and Eastern Browns to go russling through the bushes with doing a little trimming of the grass around the trees before getting better pics of the Bark... I tend to stay away from the snakes ever since I nearly got bitten on the face by a Viper while on deployment in Iraq...

Could it be Eleocarpus sp. ?
Looks like it flowered already.

Not Eliocarpus and I don't think it is Ziziphus mauritiana. My best guess is Indian Hawthorn as it looks like Ziziphus has alternate leaves and Indian Hawthorn has opposite..

Eliocarpus Should I be correcting your botanical grammar there Hacki?

How are those Azalea looking?

I wish my Indian hawthorn were opposite leaved. Mine are definitely alternate.

Don't you just hate it when plant nerds hijack your post

Ok thanks for all your help guys.

Will wait now to see if they start to flower. I might pot one in a training pot and see how it goes.

Don't you just hate it when plant nerds hijack your post

No way... Hack away...

Damian Bee wrote:Eliocarpus Should I be correcting your botanical grammar there Hacki?

How are those Azalea looking?

I wish my Indian hawthorn were opposite leaved. Mine are definitely alternate.

The Spelling police are out I was typing in a bit of a hurry.

Ok then......