AusBonsai

gday all
this is my corky bark scotts pine which i think i might be able to turn into a windswept it's base is 2.5 inches and has good tapper any thoughts
on this tree is appriciated
cheers dean
sorry about picture quality
PS the angle the tree looks is how it grew in the pot

Hi Dean, are you sure it's a scotts pine, looks more like casuarina foliage to me ??

Not sure it's a pine, looks like a casurina to me.

hi jarrod and craig
yep sure it is a scotts i igot 2 from leong a couple years back when i first started and 1 died but this one lived
and i was told they were scotts so either they gave me wrong info but not sure
cheers dean
it was under a sign scotts pine so i asked and they said it was a corky bark so now i got 2 answers saying it isnt
damn

dean, could you plse take a couple of pics of the foliage, nice clear close ups Cheers Mate

craig
i will do now
cheers dean
got upclose to leaves as asked clear as i can get image

Definatly Casuarina. Most probably casuarina torulosa. Maybe not as valuable as scotts pine but still great material

thanks guys
i just googled it and yes it is a native. from noosa and a [ casuarina torulosa] one thing i hate is being told the wrong info on plants when buying from a reputible nursury
so maybe i can enter it in the compitition now i got a aussie native
cheers dean
thankyou to the gentalmen who informed me correctly
now its in the wrong post it should be natives

now the problem i got now is how do i style this tree as i have never done a native
help help help help
cheers dean

I would chop of just above the first branch and work from there
Here is a little one I mucked around with today as an idea.

dragon wrote:now the problem i got now is how do i style this tree as i have never done a native
help help help help
cheers dean

No problem, style it how you would any tree, being a native doesnt really make any difference... especially as its a Casuarina.

If it were mine i would cut it off just above the first branch & make that my new leader & grow on again from there. The bark on these forms really quickly on the lower trunk but will take a fair while (from what i have been told) to get going on the branches. I have one I am growing on here viewtopic.php?f=62&t=7332&hilit=allocasuarina, now I have linked it I think i should update as it got a good shellacking after those pics taken, its just starting to come away again.

Bretts wrote:I would chop of just above the first branch and work from there
Here is a little one I mucked around with today as an idea.

cas.jpg

thanks bretts that gives me a idea but do they back grow for more branches down on the fatter part of trunk or will that be forever naked
and matta thankyou too for comments well recieved much appriciated so i was thinking windswept but maybe not now i will try to get better pictures
tommorrow if it isnt raining
cheers dean

Not a Scotts pine, But an Ausie Pine
they are even more pricey than those imported things

Nice tree too

Ken

That first left branch on mine was not there when I chopped the tree back last spring. I have been waiting all season for it to fatten and finaly it was time to chop it back today.
So yes casuarina back bud well
I would chop at first branch and also trim the foliage back by at least a half on what is left and you should get some new growth lower to work with. Not sure it will be in time for the Ausbonsai native comp though sorry

hi guys thanks for all your advice
@kcpool now i know it isnt scotts pine as i was told it was by nursery

@bretts thanks for style advice i will take a good look at it today as the sun is out
and what seasons are the working seasons for these trees i will do it for next years comp
if i dont kill it
cheers dean