AusBonsai

This group of radiatas was "created" from cuttings well over 10 years ago. If I remember it correctly, then the parent tree was taken from somewhere around Laburnum train station in Victoria. There is a massive radiata who wants to push the flatform out of the way! This parent tree has since been stolen in January 2010.

I never intended to create this group. I read that radiatas can strike from cuttings. So I just stuck cuttings into a pot -- and here it is. They are probably cuttings from 1 to 2 years apart.

In the picture below, they have been without wires for over 18 months. They have been in this pot for around 24 months now.

Pictures taken on 11/07/2011:


View 1 - 1


View 1 - 2


View 1 - 3


View 1 - 4

Measurements

1. Height from pot surface: 66 cm
2. Widest foliage width: 57 cm
3. Largest trunk diameter: 6 cm
4. Pot diameter: about 40 cm
5. Pot height: 9.5 cm -- including the feet

The pot is a stamped hand made Korean that I have purchased since my university days.

Nice one, great thing about Radiatas too is they always seem to have a nice root system.

Its interesting - four trunks, but because the middle two are so different in width (view1) and so close together, it works well. Good balance between pot and foliage. I would like to see it again after you wire and shape it next time.

Gavin

Good one, I love the four trunks.