AusBonsai

G'day everyone, I've been looking for an ID on this specimen which I found in a Geelong garden the other day. It's about 4 metres tall, unknown flower colour. The seed pod and bark leads me to believe it's most likely melaleuca/leptospermum/callistemon. I've asked a few people but I'm yet to find something which really looks the same.

Any ideas?

Thanks

we boss

fringe Mertle.
Steve

Fringe Myrtle???? This is nothing like Calitrix.

Almost certainly a Lepto Webos but I can't pin it down to species with what you've given us. Flowers would help

Thanks Shibui... I was thinking melaleuca... And did a little searching of google images but couldn't come up with anything. It seems to have excellent bonsai qualities (without knowing its level of sensitivity to root disturbance) since it reshoots all over its old bark, tiny juniper-like foliage which seems to shoot all over the place, and old gnarly looking bark.

When would be a good time and method of propagating these genuses?

Looks more like a Beaufortia flower would help
Cheers

Could be Melaleuca hugelii, or any number of other possibilities.

Alec

A friend sent photos around on Twitter, which got picked up by national borax gardens experts, who have ID'd it as M. Lanceolata. Hard to argue with these kinds of experts, and although I don't think the foliage looks the same, I'm accepting their opinion as confirmation.

I doubt the lanceolata. The leaves are completley different. But whatever it is, I agree that looks to have great potential!
Can you send seed Webos? And take some more pics of the habit/trunk/bark etc...if you can.

I'll try Mike, but was struggling to find seed pods on the entire tree. I'm going to return to the site and see if I can find some.

Adam