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Old 16-Apr-2008   #8
JayC
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Originally Posted by peterh
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I am considering various natives. The only melaleuca I have cuurently have pink flowers.As you suggested the pot requires strong colours but for me a more feminine tree like the smooth bark of the water gum. In winter the leaves go a deep red in the colder parts of Australia.(I have one in training)
I am trying to fit one of my stock plants into the pot. As you may know good and varied Australian native stock plants are few.

Pat has promised me a pot for one of my other natives so I hope he makes it before he goes on his extended break.

Peter
Do you have a picture of this gum in winter? I don't think i have heard of such a gum. Do you know what temperatures are required for the change in leaf colour? Is it eucalyptus, corymbia, angophora or other? I'm eagerly awaiting your response!

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