I acquired this Dwarf Baeckea Virgata / Babingtonia bidwillii? / Sannantha bidwillii? (Maybe another name by now?) early this year and have enjoyed looking at its bushy coat ever since.
I decided today was D-Day for the first styling, as I wanted to make sure the branches didn't get too leggy and reduce the risk of dieback on the inner branches.
These things are VERY brittle, so a couple of smaller branches had to be removed even though I didn't want to..
I'm relatively happy with the way it has come out. Hopefully once it fills out and back buds a bit more, as well as the new apex developing, it should turn out alright.
She only a small shohin, sitting at 13cm high at the highest tip, by 12cm wide to each tip.
Since taking the photo's I have wired the left branch down a little lower to straighten out the protruding angle a bit
At the moment the trunk (around 3/4 the way up the tree) protrudes past the new leader. This is just for now until the bend in the trunk sets in place, then I will cut it back to here.
All feedback is welcome as usual.
Cheers,
Pearcy.
coming along nicely.
). I also tilted it slightly to show the potting angle it will receive upon repot. Its current pot is hidious still but as I said it grew year round last year so I'm in no rush to repot it until next spring/summer. A few weeks back I slip potted it out to see the roots and it was looking fine. Eventually I'm thinking this will be its new home one day but time will tell 
