Semi cascade Bouganvillia

[PeterW]

This is possibly my favourite little tree(today ). It is about 15 years old. It has had its tail broken off twice in the last 4 years. It is only 15cm from the soil surface to the top of the apex. It has a 25mm thick trunk with (i think) very gracefull movement. I have just cut it back quite heavily. I am going to put it into a smaller pot next year. I had plans to grow the cascading branch a lot longer but have had another change of heart and have decided to leave it around this length. It has a pink flower. I might get Penny to come up with a nice little pot for this one....Hmmmm....if i can sweet talk her into it maybe
Peter

[Jon Chown]

This one has a very pleasing trunk line with very good taper. With a little more ramification and in leaf it will be a ripper.

I can see why you wouldn't go longer with the apex but you realy should put it in a semi-cascade pot I recon.

Jon

[PeterW]

This one has a very pleasing trunk line with very good taper. With a little more ramification and in leaf it will be a ripper.

I can see why you wouldn't go longer with the apex but you realy should put it in a semi-cascade pot I recon.

Jon

Thanks Jon. Yes its up for a pot change for sure. I put it in this pot the last time i broke the tail off, to speed up the growing process. It worked but in doing so i allowed the rest of the tree to also get out of hand, so its back to the bare trunk,almost. Its a lovely little tree in flower and i miss the form it had previously. Its a reminder that this hobby really is an ongoing thing, if we stop and take a breather, things get a bit out of hand and it takes time to get them back again.
Peter

[Hector Johnson]

Good lines. I usually go with three node spacings on my Boug, when I prune.
I find it ramifies pretty quickly in summer.

Jon's after me to post photographs of it. Might get to that this weekend.

[Marc]

Peter, I've got to ask, your grass, it's sooooo green, WTF is going on up there, My garden is on it's knees here in Melbourne...

[PeterW]

Peter, I've got to ask, your grass, it's sooooo green, WTF is going on up there, My garden is on it's knees here in Melbourne...

Well.....i think i live under a rain cloud! You guys should get plenty of water comming your wat soon.....as you no doubt know.........Melbourne is downhill from us so it generally takes a while to get to you!

[anttal63]

a great job on this one pete, although that straight section concerns me. i dont have any experience with bonsaing bougies and i do wonder how fine can you get and keep the ramification? this will determine its capacity of styling.

[PeterW]

a great job on this one pete, although that straight section concerns me. i dont have any experience with bonsaing bougies and i do wonder how fine can you get and keep the ramification? this will determine its capacity of styling.

Do you mean the straight section at the first bend? This one reached a stage where it needed to be cut back drastically cause i let it go a bit to long between TLC. They do require a fair bit of maintanance, but wee little ones like this, you would think i could have managed hey!
Peter

[PeterW]

a great job on this one pete, although that straight section concerns me. i dont have any experience with bonsaing bougies and i do wonder how fine can you get and keep the ramification? this will determine its capacity of styling.

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[anttal63]

on second looks ( it pays to zoom in ) its not so bad and will smooth out down the track. what about ramification, is it a bit course or you can get it twiggy

[PeterW]

on second looks ( it pays to zoom in ) its not so bad and will smooth out down the track. what about ramification, is it a bit course or you can get it twiggy

Yes it will get good ramification. The trick is keeping it very compact though, not letting it get course and keeping the internodal length to a minimum. The leaf size gets very small. It is hard because it is so small, when it grows out to much, the picture looks to top heavy!
Peter