Notelaea ovata

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Notelaea ovata

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I have been experimenting with collecting methods & after care for this species & am starting to understand it well enough to make a start on design with this piece collected 12mths ago.
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Today I slipped it out to inspect the roots, happy with what I found it was repotted into this early Pat Kennedy pot. Given the upper part of the trunk this would be about best placed for a front that doesnt require cutting hard or some extreme bending experiments...
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The lower half of the trunk is shown to best effect from this angle, the top is troublesome...
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It will be allowed to rest now till midsummer when it will receive its first styling prune, in the mean time I might experiment on another Notelaea to see how it takes to bending....
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