Hi..
Can anyone ID this tree? I see it fairly common with bright green leaves and mature trees have green berries that turn orange.
It came from the birds either by bird poop or it simply dropped a seed in my back yard as we never planted it. Mum n Dad took care of it ever since it sprouted.
It grew from it's days as a seedling into small tree and just recently had it's transformation work done and is now on its way to becoming a bonsai.
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Hard to tell now since it is all chopped up, but sounds like a pittosporum.
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Re: Bonsai From The Birds
Bit hard to tell with new growth. My guess would be Murraya paniculata (Mock Orange) although you didn't say if it got flowers ?
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Flowers, if pollinated, turn into fruit. Therefore anything with fruit has flowers. Just depends on how conspicuous they are.
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Definitely not a murraya. Wrong colour bark.Bougy Fan wrote:Bit hard to tell with new growth. My guess would be Murraya paniculata (Mock Orange) although you didn't say if it got flowers ?
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Im sure everyone has seen this tree. I'll update specifically as it progresses with more photos..
This specie of tree also grows extremely fast which is a bonus!
This specie of tree also grows extremely fast which is a bonus!
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[quote]This specie of tree also grows extremely fast which is a bonus!
does anyone know? ----------is it true that as a general rule the faster it grows the shorter its' life?--
does anyone know? ----------is it true that as a general rule the faster it grows the shorter its' life?--
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Could we get a photo of a wild mature tree please.
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It looks like Coprosma to me as well. Most likely C.repens.
http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedide ... l&card=E30
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprosma_repens
http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosi ... act_karamu
http://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/weeds/Sheets/ ... 20bush.htm
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http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedide ... l&card=E30
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprosma_repens
http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosi ... act_karamu
http://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/weeds/Sheets/ ... 20bush.htm
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Yep its the first link you have there.. bang on..
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