AusBonsai

with the hot and windy weather here in Sydney i thought i would give all my trees a bath, and with them all lined up i was surprised how many juniors are on the go.and the jasmine was looking very healthy to boot



and a pic of a pine on the empty bench

are you sure that's a pine? looks like a deodora ceder to me

paddles wrote:are you sure that's a pine? looks like a deodora ceder to me

not sure will post up some more pics for a better identification, i am really bad with remembering species and names

seem to always forget

yer. theres no way thats a pine. Definately a cedar.

Definitely a Cedar, most likely Cedrus deodora like paddles said.

Nice Trach. jas.! Ive noticed that a lot of them are flowering really well this year. Must be the weather.

JayC

I also have trouble remebering names and varieties, so bought a bag of 100 labels and a marking pen.
now all my trees have little white sticks in them with the variety and date purchased / obtained

Ken

ps yes Cedrus of some sort

Could be Larch

i should pay more attention to species but in the end i am really only interested in the tree as an object/entity.so long as its growing i am not to fussed what species it is.having said that having an understanding of what you are growing is definitely going to be advantageous to the wealth and growth of the plant.

i will en devour to pay more attention to plant species and there attributes in the future

i see where i am getting confused here

quote:Cedar (Cedrus) is a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae.

The family Pinaceae (pine family), is in the order Pinales and includes many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as cedars, firs, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces. It is the largest conifer family in species diversity, with between 220-250 species (depending on taxonomic opinion) in 11 genera, and the second-largest (after Cupressaceae) in geographical range, found in most of the Northern Hemisphere with the majority of the species in temperate climates but ranging from sub arctic to tropical. One species just crosses the equator in southeast Asia. Major centres of diversity are found in the mountains of southwest China, Mexico, central Japan and California.

They are trees (rarely shrubs) growing from 2 to 100 m tall, mostly evergreen (except Larix and Pseudolarix, deciduous), resinous, monoecious, with subopposite or whorled branches, and spirally arranged, linear (needle-like) leaves. The female cones are large and usually woody, 2-60 cm long, with numerous spirally-arranged scales, and two winged seeds on each scale. The male cones are small, 0.5-6 cm long, and fall soon after pollination; pollen dispersal is by wind. Seed dispersal is mostly by wind, but some species have large seeds with reduced wings, and are dispersed by birds. The embryos are multi-cotyledonous, with 3-24 cotyledons.

A few years on the Cedar is going strong. Am becoming quite happy with it.