Blakely’s Red Gum

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Blakely’s Red Gum

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Hi All,

Just starting a thread for my Eucalyptus blakelyi. Seed was sown in winter of 2018. Plant is now 7 years old and it will probably be a few years more before it goes into a bonsai pot. This is one of my favourite gums - never been wired and lives in full sun. I really like the taper on this one, which has been the result of maintaining many of the lower branches for as long as the plant likes. Starting to fill out nicely.

Cheers, Fluoro.
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Re: Blakely’s Red Gum

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Nice work Fluorine. Looks awesome. It will be a great bonsai in the near future.
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Thanks Doc!
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Very nice ... only comment would be to use a beer (or drink) as "scale reference", haha
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legoman_iac wrote: Yesterday, 4:04 pm Very nice ... only comment would be to use a beer (or drink) as "scale reference", haha
Haha noted for the next time around!
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Re: Blakely’s Red Gum

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legoman_iac wrote: Yesterday, 4:04 pm Very nice ... only comment would be to use a beer (or drink) as "scale reference", haha
If you don't know the size of a WD-40 can, you need to hand back your Man Card. :lol:
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