Fairy Duster Clump - Calliandra eriophylla

Apex37

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Fort Worth, Texas
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8b
Picked this up at one of my local nurseries a couple months back and did a repot and initial styling. Didn’t see much being done with them, but figured since it’s a Texas native and has small foliage there’s potential there. We’ll see how it progresses.

Originally I had planned on doing a forest, but I think this turned out much better and more in line with how they grow naturally.

Before:
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After repot (8”pot) and initial styling:
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I think I’ll end up shortening the thickest branch on the right and also need to wire out a few other branches, but overall it’s headed in a direction.
It has flower buds set, so we’ll see if it blooms and then I’ll update with more photos.

I also separated and potted up some of the really scraggly individual plants in the grouping. Maybe I’ll end up doing something with them, but they don’t have much roots to work with, so we’ll see if they survive.
 
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