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Bonsai Enthusiast
Join Date: Sep-2005
Location: Sydney
Country: Australia
Posts: 96
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Citriobatus - what I plan to do
Hello everyone.
A fortnight ago whilst at my normal bonsai nursery I stumbled across this little plant, it is called a 'Citriobatus.' A few people that I know have them as bonsai so i thought I would give it a go, I purchased something relatively small and young so I have about a year or so to plan what i will do (I want this to be a small bonsai, say 25cm as the maximum height.) From what I have seen these make great pads of foilage and grow quite fast.
What i plan to do to the tree is firstly remove one of the trunks, in the photo i uploaded I am thinking the left one is the best to remove as by keeping the right the trunk has more flare and is interesting. And too the trunks are too far about for a twin trunk. I am hoping to style it as an informal upright, nothing will be done to it immediately as I want to see how it grows etc. Just wandering if i could get some feedback on what others think of this idea? When I purchased it had very little foilage however in two weeks 80% of what is visible has grown in a fortnight, with foilage growth I will be aiming for pads of growth as the foilage is very small already and they do that quite well.
Just thought I would get some feedback on what i plan to do and then begin to plan what action i will take in the future.
P.S: I think this plant is native to Australia and NZ and there is very little info on them on the internet, so i asked around before buying.
Regards
Mick
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