Grant Bowie
Mame
Hi all,
here is another Ozzie native you may never seen or heard of. It does flower as a tree but as a bonsai we are most likely to cut off the portions that flower for shaping purposes.
Leptospermum laevigatum or Coastal tea-tree. It can be easily grown from seed or cutting and responds well to pruning and trimming although it will not bud back on old wood.
This tree is about 20 years old and always grown in a pot; nursery then bonsai.
It has live veins like junipers and thickens/muscles up along these live veins give an interesting twisting and knotting effect.
I like them very much.
Grant
here is another Ozzie native you may never seen or heard of. It does flower as a tree but as a bonsai we are most likely to cut off the portions that flower for shaping purposes.
Leptospermum laevigatum or Coastal tea-tree. It can be easily grown from seed or cutting and responds well to pruning and trimming although it will not bud back on old wood.
This tree is about 20 years old and always grown in a pot; nursery then bonsai.
It has live veins like junipers and thickens/muscles up along these live veins give an interesting twisting and knotting effect.
I like them very much.
Grant