New Pat Kennedy Pot

peterh

I bought this from Pat on the weekend. Unusual isn't it.

Peter

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kcpoole

Very nice Peter.
looks quite antique. What are you going to put in it?

Ken

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peterh

Hi kcpoole

Thats a good question. I possibly looking at something that flowers and has a naturally weeping habit. Maybe a callistemon. I hoping to find a native with a strong trunk and delicate flowers.

Peter

ficusfanatic

maybe a fun literati or windswept/semicascade. it's so symmetrical i wouuld like to see something juxtapose that...

JayC

Very nice pot you scored there.

Its such a shame the whole bonsai community (especially Australians) have to loose such a gifted potter. Just last weekend i went to a show just north of Sydney where he set up a store. It was only then that i learned of his retirement, and I'm very disappointed. Fearing it was my last chance to get a Pat Kennedy pot, i bought one. The one i purchased is round, heavily textured with rough cracks and a beautiful sandy colour. I was not at all disappointed in the price either. I'm planing on putting a nice old man banksia (banksia serrata) in there

Peter, have you considered a weeping melaleuca? Some of the species or varieties with purple lacy flowers look amazing, and i can picture one in that pot....

JayC

anttal63

that is a beautiful pot peter, yes jay that is a shame to hear i hope he cant keep still and just has to do a pot from time to time. all the best to him.

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Jayc

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

JayC

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!

JayC

kcpoole

Hi Peter I am interested too.

It is ( i think) one of my Aussie test trees.
Tristania laurina - Water Gum, Kanuka

Ken

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