AusBonsai

Hi all, I need some direction on this camelia.
Its a fantastic large stump thats throwing new shoots.
What can you come up with?

I am really envious of your camellia stump, but I think its too early to tell how you can style this. Is it a camellia sasanqua? I really like the fact that you are going to try using this, its not often that you see camellia as bonsai anymore.

Hey James, this stump came from a couple of guys back yard who own the local nursery, they were amazed that i took the hour and a half to dig it, they also thought that it would never live either.
I'm not sure how ever what type of camelia it is, hopefully spring will tell.
James I'm just after a style that will suit so I can train the new branches in that direction, there are many more shoots than you can see just coming out. So a design to suit the stump is all i'm after.
Mick

I wish there were those sorts of nurseries down here in canberra..did you just go on up and ask if you could take it?

No, I know these guys, I buy my wire and other poducts from them, i also built a shade house for them.
They had other ones before i found this one, they ripped them out with the car and put them through the shredder
I almost cried, they needed the room and thought they would not live any how. They know diferent now.
Mick

They own a nursery and they didn't know that?? I can imagine how you must have felt after imagining all those years those camellias would have been growing

Good luck with this stump anyway mate, I'm sure given a few years it could look very nice.

James

well james they are only nursarymen, Thanks any way.

C'mon guys, anyone good at doing verts or drawings?

Hey Mick

No good at the virts sorry, but you need to just let it grow and develop a good leader or two of each 'trunk' so they will have a trunkline to style. Yoe would only want a few branches off the stumps, with the rest of the new trunks.

Bloody good score.

Tony

Thanks Tony, am happy with it too.

Mick

Mick,
I have been resisting a comment as this is a great twin trunk. I agree with Tony - give it a chance to grow and mature a bit. Mother Nature will show a way in a year or two and you and I both know that you should always do what mother says!

My style may not be to your liking but here is my take on branching direction and future carving.

hi mick
this was a vert i had done for my chinese elm but the trunk lines look the same on both tree's so you might be able to
do something like this the vert is courtesy from rod
cheers dean
sorry i put this on the wrong post arrrrrrr it is meant for the other vert wanted post i shall redo it if anyone can delete this feel free i will repost on correct one

Thanks Tony and Watto for teaching patience.
Thank you Rowan for the inspiration and the time you have taken to help me out.
Thank you Dean I had already got your other message.
What i have done is wire all branches horizontally with movement and a couple of leaders with movement, at this stage i will leave it untill i get that itch.
So i have taken all of your points into consideration and used a bit from each.

Thank you
Mick

hi there, i too have a camellia stump that until last week thought was a goner! not as big as your's but is starting to shoot buds all over. never grown camellia before any advice?

heres a little virt.