Natives as bonsai show 2010
Posted: March 31st, 2010, 9:20 pm
As the final part of the public presentation at this year's native bonsai show in Canberra I showed some inspirational shots of native bonsai.
First up was a development series of Melaleuca alternifolia from Melaquin.
Melaquin has already posted these here viewtopic.php?f=104&t=2593&start=0 so I won't put them up again.
Melaquin's tree was in the show and a few people commented that it was great to actually see the development of one of the trees on show.
The following pics of native bonsai are a collection of images from Pup, Grant at the National Collection and some I have snapped at various shows over the past few years.
Hope they inspire you to try more natives as bonsai.
First up a species that I nominated as an Aussie icon as luck would have it I had a photo of the tree at an earlier show A couple of other banksiasBanksia serrata, AABC seminar, Melb 2007
Another Aussie icon - Acacia
A few images from Pup in Perth (hope I've got the captions on the right images!):From a garden makeover 2005. 330mm x 330mm. Pat Kennedy pot
Collected from a garden makeover 2006. 400mm x 400mm. Japanese pot.
from nursery stock 2 years ago 330mm x 300mm Japanese pot This one really impresses me as typical of the natural growth habit of Melaleuca in the WA swamps - the main branches arch and twist out from the trunk with a tuft of foliage at the end of each branch. Check some photos of Melaleucas or look at the real thing to see wahat I mean
collected from a garden makeover 2005. 570mm x 600mm Pat Kennedy pot.
from nursery stock 2007. 400mm x 400mm. Chinese pot
Collected from a Perth swamp 2004. 400mm x 300mm. Handmade pot from W.A.
Collected from a swamp that was to become a 4 lane hwy 2004. 430 mm x 400mm. Japanese pot
Note that Pup gets a lot of stock from garden makeovers. Something for would be native collectors to keep in mind rather than ransacking wild stocks!
More inspiring native bonsai images to come next time
First up was a development series of Melaleuca alternifolia from Melaquin.
Melaquin has already posted these here viewtopic.php?f=104&t=2593&start=0 so I won't put them up again.
Melaquin's tree was in the show and a few people commented that it was great to actually see the development of one of the trees on show.
The following pics of native bonsai are a collection of images from Pup, Grant at the National Collection and some I have snapped at various shows over the past few years.
Hope they inspire you to try more natives as bonsai.
First up a species that I nominated as an Aussie icon as luck would have it I had a photo of the tree at an earlier show A couple of other banksiasBanksia serrata, AABC seminar, Melb 2007
Another Aussie icon - Acacia
A few images from Pup in Perth (hope I've got the captions on the right images!):From a garden makeover 2005. 330mm x 330mm. Pat Kennedy pot
Collected from a garden makeover 2006. 400mm x 400mm. Japanese pot.
from nursery stock 2 years ago 330mm x 300mm Japanese pot This one really impresses me as typical of the natural growth habit of Melaleuca in the WA swamps - the main branches arch and twist out from the trunk with a tuft of foliage at the end of each branch. Check some photos of Melaleucas or look at the real thing to see wahat I mean
collected from a garden makeover 2005. 570mm x 600mm Pat Kennedy pot.
from nursery stock 2007. 400mm x 400mm. Chinese pot
Collected from a Perth swamp 2004. 400mm x 300mm. Handmade pot from W.A.
Collected from a swamp that was to become a 4 lane hwy 2004. 430 mm x 400mm. Japanese pot
Note that Pup gets a lot of stock from garden makeovers. Something for would be native collectors to keep in mind rather than ransacking wild stocks!
More inspiring native bonsai images to come next time