all, This morning i took izzykay out collecting Melaleucas( his first time). I took him to a spot that i hadn't been before, at first things weren't too good, it was raining and a little cold but then we came across some interesting trees, This one here is a Melaleuca Rhaphiophylla, as has been mentioned and proven by some in the past they do not like to grow past parallel, well when i saw this one ,it had to come home with me
It grows up past the dead section, then down almost vertically, across a little then down and back up,, the circles are the live branches growing from the downwards growing part. The main trunk is about 140mm wide, and 450mm high.This Banksia caught my eye on the way back to the car
had to take him aswell. The trunk is about 80mm wide, and 600mm high.Another nice trunk on this Rhaph,
All up was a good outing , i dug 6 and i think Izzy took home the same
..... we spotted some very nice ones on the way out aswell,, next time 
as would love to tag along, learn and check out your secret spots.
. The trees collected with more roots are what we want but a few of the ones i have dug didn't have many and thet seem ok so far, I find them quite easy so far,, Cheers mate 
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