09 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Robyn in Dawesville WA
First published 9th October 2025
This post was inspired by Robyn in Dawesville WA, who sent me these two photos of her Coral Gum (Eucalyptus torquata) in a 38 L Air-Pot, inside a larger, decorative pot:
Coral gum in 38 L Air-Pot Container
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02 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 2nd October 2025
Updated on 17th October 2025
Some years past I set aside two young Japanese maples, each in a 4.1 L Air-Pot Small Seed Tray, to grow on to bonsai. (The bonsai training pot equivalent wasn’t a thing then).
The ro..
01 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 1st October 2025
Bonsai Starter: Green-leaf Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum 'Aoyagi' x) in 4.1 L Air-Pot Container
Family: Sapindaceae (includes maples, lychee, and horse chestnut)
Genus: Acer (the maples)
Botanical/Binomial Nam..
23 Sep
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 23rd September 2025
The Prickly-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca styphelioides) is native here and self-seeds readily. Its small leaves — prickly alright! — and charming bark make it a natural for bonsai.
Unfortunately and to my frus..
01 Sep
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 1st September 2025
Paintbrush, Torch or Blood Lily(Scadoxus puniceus)
Family: Amaryllidaceae (includes Amaryllis, Agapanthus, Clivia and Scadoxus)
Genus: Scadoxus (includes other ornamental blood lilies)
Botanical/Binomial Nam..
10 Aug
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Title image above is copyright © Helen Flynn
First published 10th August 2025
Hello everyone, again keeping to the format of previous newsletters:
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Item 1: Things of Beauty
The Lone Pine descendant photographed by Helen Flynn in Victoria is one of the Things of Beauty Item for this newsle..
10 Aug
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 10th August 2025
Bromeliads have the most amazing infloresecences* (flower spikes*), and the inflorescence of the pink-and-blue matchstick bromeliad (Aechmea gamosepala var. gamosepala) is no exception!
* A more accurate descrip..
03 Aug
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 3rd August 2025
The Araucaria genus comprises twenty species, now native only to the southern hemisphere, though they were once worldwide from 66 to 200 million years ago.
The Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) and Hoop or Moreton..
01 Aug
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 1st August 2025
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Family: Geraniaceae (includes Geranium and Pelargonium)
Genus: Geranium (includes the cranesbills (the true geraniums))
Botanical/Binomial Name: Geranium robertianum
Meaning o..
01 Jul
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 1st July 2025
Chinese Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.)
Family: Rhamnaceae (includes buckthorns; Rhamnaceae is also known as the buckthorn family)
Genus: Ziziphus (includes Indian Ber)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Ziziphus jujuba Mil..
25 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Kelly Trevisan
First published 25th June 2025
Kel and I first “met” when she rang one afternoon from Queensland, to discuss Air-Pot bonsai containers and her new baby, a Western Australian Saltwater Paperbark (Melaleuca cuticularis). This was a week before Cyclone ..
25 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Helen Flynn
First published 25th June 2025
Following the Lone Pine article, two pals have since shared their own sightings in Victoria of this magnificent tree. How could I not do a followup and help spread the word?!
Local pal Sandra was first, seeing a tree here,..