Back in 2010, I was visiting Noel Summerell and this particular Melaleuca caught my eye. Noel advised that he had been growing it since around 1985 and the trunk was shaped by cut and grow.
Somehow the tree found its way into my car and back to my garden but Noel wouldn't let go of the antique Japanese pot that it was in.
It didn't seem to mind having branches grow below horizontal so I decided to style it using this as a feature.
It grew well over the next 9 months and filled out substantially. I was unsure if the final design should have a head so decided to wire the lower section and 'go with the flow'.
In October 2011 I took this tree along to a workshop with Bill Valavanis to see what he would do.
I couldn't help but think that there was a better design possible so I tweaked it a bit in November 2011.
Earlier this week I gave it a haircut and potted it into this hand made pot, created and given to me by Lynette.
Comments, criticism and discussion are encouraged.
Regards,
Steven
