A walk through the Balnarring Banksia forest was full of inspirational trees. One tree was over 12 feet in circumference. Enough to make me take another look at bonsai potential? Yes!Nature is always the best teacher!
Coast Banksias
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Coast Banksias
A walk through the Balnarring Banksia forest was full of inspirational trees. One tree was over 12 feet in circumference. Enough to make me take another look at bonsai potential? Yes!Nature is always the best teacher!
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Re: Coast Banksias
My daughter was born in Manly hospital a few weeks ago and these are growing all around the grounds, I grabbed a few seedlings sprouting up underneath them as a memento.
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Re: Coast Banksias
Thanks for posting Mike. When all else fails, there's always reality to check in on. I like the angles in photo 3 - very interesting.
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Re: Coast Banksias
Get into 'em Mike. 
I have seen some really beautiful specimens at Grants place in Canberra. I would strive to get material a fraction as good as his.
I have seen some really beautiful specimens at Grants place in Canberra. I would strive to get material a fraction as good as his.
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I style Bonsai naturally, just as they would appear in the wild.
Central Coast, NSW
Bonsai: Casuarina Leptospermum Banksia Phebalium Baeckea Melalueca Ficus
Growing Australian natives as Bonsai: viewtopic.php?p=289480#p289480
Buying and repotting Native nursery material: viewtopic.php?f=78&t=30724
Growing tips for Casuarina as Bonsai: viewtopic.php?p=244995#p244995
How to reduce moss from the trunk without damaging the bark: viewtopic.php?p=295227#p295227
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Re: Coast Banksias
I collected some seed..Rory wrote:Get into 'em Mike.
I have seen some really beautiful specimens at Grants place in Canberra. I would strive to get material a fraction as good as his.
They're not little shrubs round these parts!
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Re: Coast Banksias
Beautiful Mike and good timing...I took the fam to Pt Leo for a dip y'day for the first time in a long time and thoroughly enjoyed admiring the the Banksias along the Flinders Frankston Rd and foreshore around Pt Leo, Balnarring & Merricks. Just beautiful trees. None as big as in your photos. Next time maybe.
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