AusBonsai

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.

Hope you enjoy it.

Hard to tell now since it is all chopped up, but sounds like a pittosporum.

Mick

Its a caprosma they grow as weeds and mahe great bonsais.

Bit hard to tell with new growth. My guess would be Murraya paniculata (Mock Orange) although you didn't say if it got flowers ?

Tony

Flowers, if pollinated, turn into fruit. Therefore anything with fruit has flowers. Just depends on how conspicuous they are.

Joel

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 ?

Tony

Definitely not a murraya. Wrong colour bark.

Ken

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!

[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?--

Definately a Coprosma - leaves are a give-away!

Could we get a photo of a wild mature tree please.

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

Cheers,
Mojo

Yep its the first link you have there.. bang on..

Wow so many people here know there stuff!

Thank you