CALLISTEMON CITRINUS 'LITTLE JOHN'

Bonsai_madness · Post by **Bonsai_madness** » January 21st, 2015, 5:14 pm

Any suggestions of what to do with this tree regarding growing shaping etc...

Post by **kcpoole** » January 21st, 2015, 5:32 pm

I have one similar to this myself, thou this one I think has a thicker trunk.

Let the shoots extend and become branches. Wire to bring them down or if you prefer (with natives) heading up at 45 Deg.
once they extend a few inches, then trim them back to develop ramification.

A broom style outline is the overall outline I am trying to get from mine.

Ken

Bonsai_madness · Post by **Bonsai_madness** » January 21st, 2015, 5:54 pm

post pictures of yours if you can. I am quite happy with this one as it was really hard to get it out of the ground because its thick trunk and roots but eventually squeezed it in a pot and it survived. I carded away some of the trunk and roots to give it a bit of character and i just keep trimming the new growth to make it branch out a bit. Recently removed the leaves to expose some branch and wired it for a few weeks to get a little shape.

Post by **kcpoole** » January 22nd, 2015, 7:30 am

the last 2 photos I have.
I broke a branch off 18 months ago and last year had to wire a branch up as the new apex

Ken

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