This monthly meeting saw the commencement of a club project to follow the progress of development of four native plants on their journeys towards becoming established bonsai. The four plants, purchased from Kuranga Nursery at Mt Evelyn, consisted of two Melaleuca halmaturorum, or Swamp paperbark, Kangaroo Honey-myrtle, and two Gaudium brevipes, syn Leptospermum brevipes, or Slender Tea tree.
Four of our members committed to taking on one of these plants each, and developing them over time to see what could be achieved, with regular reporting on progress back to the club.
Each of the four brave members saw their plants for the first time on the night, and each gave their first impressions and ideas for future development (with some commentary and input from other members), with some initial pruning and wiring started on the night.
We will look forward to the regular reports on development, as the trees continue their progress towards becoming future bonsai.
The meeting night also featured good discussions on a number of members trees from the display table, including the following (amongst others).
