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Hi All, Could anyone ID this tree,i think it is a Callitris ? t(he only native i have) if so does it bud back on old wood if cut back hard.Thanks John M

Identification solved

By Anttal

hakea spp.

i reckon your right about it being callitris mate, i dont think it is easy to get them to back bud on old wood. i think you need to do it slowly over a long time, not just one big chop and it will back bud like figs or melaleucas.

jamie

G,day John there are a few of them they are our own true conifer. I do have one so does Grant Bowie and Peter Hanrahan ( please excuse) if I have not spelt that right Peter.

I find that it is slowly slowly with mine as it is loath to put out new growth on old wood, I find pinching mine like a Shimpaku is best.
While I believe Grant cuts his back with scissors.

Cheers Pup

Wow!! That must've been hell, having such a magnificant example yet not knowing the name until now. Congrates on the ID, that deserves a beer..... Bit early in the morning for that though.

correct me if i am wrong pup but these are excruciatingly slow to grow and thicken to arent they?

Creeping Dragon wrote:Wow!! That must've been hell, having such a magnificant example yet not knowing the name until now. Congrates on the ID, that deserves a beer..... Bit early in the morning for that though.

Still evening here Chivers I mean cheers Pup

Pup wrote:

Creeping Dragon wrote:Wow!! That must've been hell, having such a magnificant example yet not knowing the name until now. Congrates on the ID, that deserves a beer..... Bit early in the morning for that though.

Still evening here Chivers I mean cheers Pup

In that case... CHEERS!!

Jamie wrote:correct me if i am wrong pup but these are excruciatingly slow to grow and thicken to arent they?

Depends, like all on which one and where, any thing in a pot even a grow box is slow compared to the open ground.

The ones around where my Son and his Daughters live in Rockingham are over 100 and still only maybe 10 metres but they are close to the ocean.

some on Rottnest Island are actually prostrate as is mine or should I say semi cascade. 15 plus years still only 4cm trunk always in a pot.

Cheers Pup

cheers pup

for 15 years and a 4 cm trunk being in a pot the whole time isnt bad really, considering when in pot culture there development slows right down.

so do you treat these like a native with feeding and like a juniper or pine with pruning and styling? i presume the answer is a yes but i am just curious as i have a few in the yard that have self sown and was thinking bout pulling them up.


jamie

Jamie wrote:cheers pup

for 15 years and a 4 cm trunk being in a pot the whole time isnt bad really, considering when in pot culture there development slows right down.

so do you treat these like a native with feeding and like a juniper or pine with pruning and styling? i presume the answer is a yes but i am just curious as i have a few in the yard that have self sown and was thinking bout pulling them up.


jamie

It is a native conifer I pinch it like a Shimpaku. All other cultivation is as a Native.

Cheers Pup

thank you mr. pup

Hello john boy, you have beat me to it. I am growing these from seed, 3yrs in now. Up until now i had not seen this as bonsai and have been very excited at the prospects. The fact that the compound leaf can be reduced so easily and then looks like needles is a real winner. Well done done i look forward to it in future, be watching out for ours. Gabriel and i are doing some good things with them. At some point i want to collect a large one, to work with. Until then i'm sorry at this point i cant answer your question of back budding on old wood.


This is a Hakea...Needle Wood.

Gday John & Co!

I can't give a positive ID, but I can tell you that it's not Callitris. I think Antonio is pretty close with his call of Hakea (check this link), but the pinnate foliage could also indicate Grevillea.

Nice tree, by the way!

Good luck.

Fly.

Hey Fly, i grow both; 99% sure this is Hakea.

Hi All, Thanks you all for your input. Anttal you are the 2nd person to go with Hakea, Brian Sampson was down here last week and the first thing he said was nice Heaka as iam not up with native trees i will bring it along to the next meeting the tree is very old and has been totaly neglected.Thanks john