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This Banksia Spinulosa was going to be in a shohin comp from three years ago but unfortunately I forgot a photo and was disqualified. That didn't mean I gave up on the tree of course and I just wanted to show what the difference in three years of growth and work.
Today I put it into its first "real" bonsai pot, one from Mudlark.

This looks good (and I don't normally care for natives!-)

Interesting foliage - looks almost juniper like).

Are you looking at having the left side grow out a bit?

Beautiful pot for a beautiful tree

You said shohin, how big is it Watto? The foliage is confusing me haha. Also will you be thinning it out a bit in the future?

Cheers,
Pearcy.

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Crikey, that's inspiring, Watto!

I'm thinking short left, long right for the foliage. It was going to be a shohin, but it currently is about 27 cm so a fraction tall, but that could be worked down over the coming years. If I was going to show it I would thin out some foliage, but right now it is preparing for winter and needs some extra coverage.

Hi Watto,

The foliage looks more like B.ericifolia.

Regards,

Peter

Could very well be and I m certainly no expert in plant identification, I was relying on the plant label which was attached to it when I got it. Labels are not always correct.

Hi Watto .Nice ,it's come along way . Is it still shohin ? It does look like an ericifolia.

I looked up some old notes and discovered that it is in fact ericifolia. Sorry about the misinformation.

What a neat little tree!

Sno wrote:Is it still shohin ?

Watto mentioned that it was 27cm at the moment.

Watto wrote:I looked up some old notes and discovered that it is in fact ericifolia. Sorry about the misinformation.

V nice! Banksias are interesting plants aren't they? Never considered ericifolia as a bonsai but with smaller leaves than than integrifolia and serrata they look ideal. Love to see it flowering as they have large flowers. I have seen a dwarf ericifolia called Giant Candles from memory. Nicely matched pot 2.

melbrackstone wrote:Crikey, that's inspiring, Watto!

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What a lovely result in not much time.
Nice work Watto

Another nice native tot he list of good one to consider.

Ken

Nice little tree Watto,

They can put on size quickly. They seem to produce flowers in the axial of the branches on 2 year old growth. Mine had a flower on it this year but the hail removed it.

Regards,

Peter