Steve Paxton's photos with the keyword: Pot

This is one of the few plants that have been gown from seed From my 16' street tree bonsai. once we sold the home the street tree no longer looks any thing like the tree I had. In homage to that tree I have tied to keep it to the same shape.

This Is straight off the rock grown naturally, a good prune now its let it grow and see just how it needs changing. There was not a tap root as it was growing flat on the Granite rock hence it fitted perfectly in the flat pot . No soft leaf each leaf has three wicked spikes on it. Over 2/3 of the leave's have been already removed to get to this stage and all the flower have been removed to lessen the stress on the plant so it can recover. I measured the tree today 600mm high good size for the 550mm pot. Very sad foot note to this tree it grew very well in Spearwood but did not like the move to Merriwa. I believe it was killed by the Salt in the air march 2021 it no longer grew but just died. This gave me the one chance to cut the main trunk and look how old it was, 70+ rings if its one ring per year. I will never bring to this home another tree to this home for fear of the same. PIP. leaf of the tree left bottom side right top side 45mm x 35mm. you cant miss the spikes. PIP 2 The tree is the one on the right in the moon light on the rock. Detail of this shot plantthis.com.au/plant-information.asp?gardener=15551&tabview=photos&plantSpot=

This has been the major project for the last 3 years. One of the trees that grew from seed. two years ago I got a Rock from Sullivan Rock ( from one of the photo shoots at night)that I thought it would look good planted on(in). First drill a hole 25mm in the granite to put the trunk into and the tap root out the bottom. The rest of them over the rock so it looks like it grew there and soil washed away. For the last few year it has been growing in a large plastic pot. This was done today with a lot of delicacy(help for my wife) as I did not want to cut the roots, just wash the soil away and re-spread out under the rock on the soil. It is not quite as I want it but its a start gives me thinking time over the next 3 years. I did not 100% like the one tree so I put one of the small untrained trees at the back to add some depth as well. the moss came from our swamp and covers the whole surface after much patch work quilt style. This is no longer a pot I can lift on my own it is 650mm long and the tree is 600mm height just the rock alone weighing at 15 kg as well as the pot. Not quite the right pot but I did not want to buy a new pot so this will do. Now it grows and its twin and gets shaped my vision is in front of you just as I had conceived it in my mind.

When my Mother in law passed away we inherited 15 of the Azalea's I chose one for my bonsai collection. I have been watching flowers being destroyed in the hard rain, so first day the rains stopped I brought the tree into the house to get a photograph. enjoy a burst of colour.

Commonly known as the saltwater paperbark. Not one year old and getting some very nice shape. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaleuca_cuticularis