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27-Nov-2007
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The ever going quest for advice.
Well, I had a look at my plant collection today and remembered two trees i had forgotten about.
One is a mugo, it should be easy to pick. The other i dont know, we got it from a back yard nusery and only had a price stamp on it. I had cut all the leaves so you can see new growth. |
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27-Nov-2007
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here is the unknown plant.
Last edited by Asus101 : 27-Nov-2007 at 02:27 AM. |
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27-Nov-2007
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Ask and you shall receive.... as I said in chat... read Vance's comments on mugos... he's hot stuff with them... that's for certain.
I wonder how the second tree will back bud on old wood.... you need to chase back the growth... But not knowing how the tree will respond to hard pruning, you may want to be conservative in your approach this year. Some trees need to be chased back slowly, while others can handle radical work. Maybe you can take photos of the foliage on the second tree and get someone to ID it for you.  Your friend, Victrinia |
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27-Nov-2007
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Well you see that there is an obvious identification... its a treeious unknownicus..... however to help verify that.... some pictures of the folage and better shot of the bark would be beneficial....
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27-Nov-2007
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yeah ill do that. I'm worried however at a cut i found was made, it was not sealed and the bark has peeled up.
With the mugo should i trim the leaves 1/3 back? will that help the foliage become more compact? |
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27-Nov-2007
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Which tree is the cut on? And simply trimming needles will not cause it to compact. There's a process of managing growth on pines which varies amoung pine varieties... hence... go read Vance's comments...lol Your friend, Victrinia |
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28-Nov-2007
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bonsaiTALK Master
Join Date: Sep-2006
Location: Sydney
Country: Australia
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Hi Asus101,
Im guessing the second tree is an australian native and i wouldnt rule out the possibility of some kind of banksia. The bark gives me that idea but ofcoarse, better photos as mentioned earlier would help. Good luck! JayC |
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28-Nov-2007
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No way its a banksia, the foliage is more fig like.
Reminds me to go take some pics now the sun is lower. |
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28-Nov-2007
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here we go.
this is the leaves of my unkown. |
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28-Nov-2007
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These next trees are my trees i won at my first bonsai club meeting.
"1" is my weeping swamp cypress (also known as bald cypress). I love the weep. I plan to keep the top three weepers and remove/jin the rest. Right now its soaking in water. "2" is a very nice little juniper. I like its movement. Im thinking windswept or literati, but im going to get it to thicken up and rest till next spring. |
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