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[Natural] Leptospermum 'Lipstick' - alec
Posted: January 31st, 2019, 7:29 pm
by alec
My second entry to the comp, its Leptospermum Lipstick. It is a garden variety cultivar, but i think the outrageous flower colour could be quite striking on a bonsai. I've seen one growing in a garden and it looked pretty cool and bonsai'ish. So here we go.
Paid $10 for it from a local nursery.
Wish me luck,
Alec
Re: [Natural] Leptospermum 'Lipstick' - alec
Posted: February 7th, 2019, 9:26 pm
by alec
This one just flowered today
Re: [Natural] Leptospermum 'Lipstick' - alec
Posted: February 7th, 2019, 9:29 pm
by Max
Wow, that's pretty cool
Re: [Natural] Leptospermum 'Lipstick' - alec
Posted: April 28th, 2019, 5:59 pm
by alec
April update for the Lepto-Lipstick. Over summer it put on a lot of new growth, it was looking awesome. Then I decided to trunk chop and wire a new leader over a month ago and since then its certainly been lacking in vigour. It has put out some new growth since then so I'm not too worried about it dying.
I think it would have been better to chop it earlier and lightly trim more regularly. I admittedly don't have much experience with leptos
I will persevere and aim to create something with a bit of flow and interest.
Alec