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Happy New Year all!

Well, the hangover has subsided, and I thought I'd post some pics of some of my other Euc acquisitions. None of them are great quality, but they should give readers an idea of the sort of trees I'd be looking for when it comes to Eucalyptus pre-Bonsai material.

Let me begin with my very 1st Euc 'Bonsai' - an E. camaldulensis (River Red Gum) which I have cared for since about 1996, when I purchased it as 50mm tubestock. At that time, it was about 60cm tall, thinner than a pencil and straight as a die. The bulk of the training I have done on this tree has been through the clip'n'grow method, with the occasional bit of wiring.

The 1st pic is as it appeared in September of 2004, just after a serious prune. It stands about 15cm (6") tall, and is in a shallow 15cm nursery pot (which is held together by duct tape - don't ask...). The base of the trunk (mosly obscured by gravel mulch) is just thicker than my thumb.

The second pic is the tree as it appeared on the 1st day of 2005 - apologies for the lack of detail, but I think it still gives the viewer a sense of how the foliage of Eucs can be made to reduce, and how well ramified they can become with regular pruning.

More to come - but 1st I have to plumb in our new washing machine, lest I provoke the ire of The Good Lady...

Thanks.

FlyBri.