AusBonsai

Needed to remove a large lilly pilly that was growing near a stormwater pipe, so though it might be a good first subject to cut my teeth on. At the moment it looks a bit bland but it has new shoots down the bottom, and may have carving potential later on (apparently). It was about 7 y.o., base is about 200mm diameter.
Any ideas, input would be great.

Thats a 750ml water bottle next to it for scale.

Congrats on your first Yamadori....

Yep, definitely some carving there

I would let it get going and keep an eye on the drainage holes... Once you see a few roots poking at them slip it into a much bigger grow box and let it have its head for a while.

Matt

Cheers Matt, yep it won't be being touched for quite some time I gather, and thats fine. It just lets me get on with find more weeds to be removed.
Have 3 more to remove around the place, so will post the progress on that in the near future.

Once it really becomes re-established, I'm considering taking another 200 to 300mm off the height. What do you think? Be brutal.
This is becoming out of control.

You can shorten it as much as you like, the trunk is straight & boring as is. If you shorten it it wont have more interest but atleast it wont look like a powerpole in the street.

Romping away like this??? Theres a 10cm thick 12cm high stump somewhere hiding in that thicket.... Edit: whats getting out of control? The collecting? Dont worry about it, you can never have too many yamadori, they can take just as long as a seedling to bring to fruition, the more to work on the more time you can let them grow unrestrained.

Matt

2nd edit: spelling