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Melaleuca - Bonsai Nut G'day all, this Tree is one which I collected in August 2013 Melaleuca rhaphiophylla or paperbark tree as commonly known as collected Aug 2013 last wiring of Tree in Aug 2015 and in growth mode December 2015 Height- aprox 650mm best regards Craig
Melaleuca #2 | Page 2 | Bonsai Nut @Craigm sorry for the delay replying I have two species of Mels I have one bigger Melaleuca linariifolia and a bunch of starter size melaleuca nesophila Any tips would be VERY appreciated I have grown both for some time Linariifolia are very strong in regards to root growth ,Nesophila not
Melaleuca sp. | Bonsai Nut There are many species of Melaleuca, some from swampy habitat and some from quite dry areas I have a couple of species that seem to resent drastic root reduction Most of those are dry area mels but M alternifolia is OK for even drastic root reduction and will bud from bare wood if pruned hard
Melaleuca Raphiophylla from tubestock progression - Bonsai Nut Species name is Melaleuca Raphiophylla I started this from tubestock purchased from a local garden nursery that specialises in native plants These are fun to grow and develop pretty quickly with a tendency to thicken and muscle up in the trunk in a short time frame once they really get going
Melaleuca #2 | Bonsai Nut Australian Melaleuca trees held 5,000 seeds with less than 20 viable, and Florida Melaleucas contained 13,000 seeds, with greater than 1,200 viable So without a predator reducing the amount of reproductive structures in Melaleuca it can reproduce unchecked ""
melaleuca Quinquenervia - Bonsai Nut The most popular Bonsai Community in the WORLD! I have only had these as quite young nursery stock but my observations are they should be pretty good bonsai material, they back bud real well after a chop and are a fairly tough tree
A few Australian Natives. . . | Page 5 | Bonsai Nut Manuka is a different thing to Melaleuca, it is a Leptospermum scoparium (AKA tea tree here) that is also native to New Zealand I know there are quite a few people who try them as bonsai though I don't have any (so no first hand experience) but there is a lot of "discussion" about how hardy they are to bonsai-related root work so that might
Australian Natives - Bonsai Nut This is a Melaleuca raphiophylla It was the outstanding tree Collected tree From Western Australia I would prefer that the branches were a little more ''free'' in keeping with the tree's wild feel but never the less very nice The chosen front My preferred front A coastal tea tree One of my favourite species
Australian Natives from Seed - Bonsai Nut Just looked up Melaleuca germination in Murray Ralph - Growing Australian Plants from seed where he notes that M ericifolia and M lanceolata germination is significantly increased with smoke treatment and may also be successful with other sp Many Melaleuca sp need light to germinate so sprinkle seed on the surface only
Elm Root Cuttings | Page 10 | Bonsai Nut Swamp Paperbark – Melaleuca ericifolia -easy Thai temple bells - Wrightia Religiosa - intermediate Tree of a thousand stars - Serrisa - ? Willow leaf fig - Ficus Nerifolia - relatively easy White Cedar - Melia azedarach -Easy Willow - Salix spp – easy Wisteria - Wisteria – easy Zelkova –Japanese Elm -easy