smilezzz
Yamadori
I remember taking my smaller ones to club a while back, and the general consensus was that although westringia does lend itself to Bonsai cultivation quite well, it's not really a subject used in SA all that much.
Strange really, because it's a fantastic shrub. I like to think it's because it's Australian, and there's some bad blood there between horticultural societies since they tried to steal the "Acacia" name from us Africans... (screw "Senegalia" , they'll always be "Acacia" to me).
Jokes aside, I love these little trees. The flowers are pretty, the bark looks great, and they're water-wise, which is huge plus where I'm from.
Picked these up 2 years ago, and left them in the bags they came in. Weather's warming up a bit so times perfect for some pruning.
They didn't put on much more girth since purchase, but the damned roots ran wild into my flower beds. I have some experience with smaller ones, so felt comfortable doing massive root reduction (though I think I might have overdone it a bit...) to fit in training "pots".
They're in my mini greenhouse now, and will be for the next 3 weeks or so, to recover from the drastic root reduction. After that, I'll plonk them down on my flower bed once again, but will keep a closer eye on the roots, letting minimal escape, just to increase the pace of growing new branches.
I've left all the major branches to attempt some dead wood features on them, after I leave them alone for a couple of growing seasons to select favorable branches. I've also planted them a bit deeper in the baskets to thicken surface roots faster.
Edit: issues with uploading pics... Do I feel like a doofus now...
Strange really, because it's a fantastic shrub. I like to think it's because it's Australian, and there's some bad blood there between horticultural societies since they tried to steal the "Acacia" name from us Africans... (screw "Senegalia" , they'll always be "Acacia" to me).
Jokes aside, I love these little trees. The flowers are pretty, the bark looks great, and they're water-wise, which is huge plus where I'm from.
Picked these up 2 years ago, and left them in the bags they came in. Weather's warming up a bit so times perfect for some pruning.
They didn't put on much more girth since purchase, but the damned roots ran wild into my flower beds. I have some experience with smaller ones, so felt comfortable doing massive root reduction (though I think I might have overdone it a bit...) to fit in training "pots".
They're in my mini greenhouse now, and will be for the next 3 weeks or so, to recover from the drastic root reduction. After that, I'll plonk them down on my flower bed once again, but will keep a closer eye on the roots, letting minimal escape, just to increase the pace of growing new branches.
I've left all the major branches to attempt some dead wood features on them, after I leave them alone for a couple of growing seasons to select favorable branches. I've also planted them a bit deeper in the baskets to thicken surface roots faster.
Edit: issues with uploading pics... Do I feel like a doofus now...
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