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Some desperately needed gardening is taking place on the home front as neglect has set in . I decided to remove some old Lavenders that were out of control on the lower terrace to make way for my new Bonsai shelving/stand to receive more sun over the winter period . After cleaning the lavenders out i discovered 2 very nice aged trunks . I planted these as cuttings 11 years ago and never bothered to shape or control them . Every few years the would die back enough to not warrant any trimming . These are the trunks destined for nice Bonsai . The trunks at ground level are approx' 40mm and 50mm , the taller of the 2 is around 300mm high whilst the smaller is 200mm high .Cheers

Wow what a great find in your backyard. Will look forwrd to seeing them in another season

i will be interested to see how these reshoot Alpine, i was wondering how KC was doing with his that he dug up actually whether it had shot back some.

these will mae a couple of nice trees if they do mate, that taller one looks like it has some nice muscleing. did they get bare rooted or not?


jamie

archie1979 wrote:Wow what a great find in your backyard. Will look forwrd to seeing them in another season

Hi Archie i have quite a variety of lavender growing and the all need a good haircut "where's the Barber " . Out in the nature strip i actually mow the self sown ones , now their "mame" so i will pot a few of the interesting trunks . They are not a pleasant smelling variety but a very blue coloured smaller flower .Cheers

Important to know if it is English alba or French alba. They behave very differently in growth habits, French is probably the easier, but French alba is quite rare.
English is angustifolia, French is dentata

Jamie wrote:i will be interested to see how these reshoot Alpine, i was wondering how KC was doing with his that he dug up actually whether it had shot back some.

these will mae a couple of nice trees if they do mate, that taller one looks like it has some nice muscleing. did they get bare rooted or not?


jamie

Hi Jamie they have very nice aged trunks , the muscling on the larger one is great and the finished base will be 75mm , they were semi bare rooted as the roots were growing up the trunks so i removed some of them teased out the rest and potted . These are the next trainers .Cheers

now that will be an awesome little mini, talk bout urban yamadori!!! that is pure alpine, that wont need much at all to be a bonsai apart from a pot!

maybe a little wiring...but not much! nice


jamie

I have lavender growing - I never thought of them as potential bonsai!

Glenda

Jamie wrote:now that will be an awesome little mini, talk bout urban yamadori!!! that is pure alpine, that wont need much at all to be a bonsai apart from a pot!

maybe a little wiring...but not much! nice


jamie

Wiring whats that , the lawnmower has done the job up until now just pot and trim {not with the mower .Cheers

Glenda wrote:I have lavender growing - I never thought of them as potential bonsai!

Glenda

Hi Glenda , i never give it a thought until i clapped my peepers on the trunks . Ithink i coulg find at least 20-30 nice specimens in the yard and the same amount out on my nature strip as Mame after being mowed for many years.Cheers

do you know the species name? looks like stoechas (spanish or Italian lavender) to me, but could be another, close up of the leaves would help???
This looks like a warm climate variety to me, would like a close up to be sure, Im looking at leaf shape through my aged eyes, clouded with cataracts.
There are so many lavender hybrids and cultivars out there tho, would be a challenge to identify.

Greth wrote:do you know the species name? looks like stoechas (spanish or Italian lavender) to me, but could be another, close up of the leaves would help???
This looks like a warm climate variety to me, would like a close up to be sure, Im looking at leaf shape through my aged eyes, clouded with cataracts.
There are so many lavender hybrids and cultivars out there tho, would be a challenge to identify.

L. Stoechas Italian lavender is the correct species .I did reply but the answer is in outer "cyber space" seems i get 1 out of 10 answers to stick. And my eyes are shot as well so i will blame the computer .Cheers