A couple Hibiscus any ideas?

[mtarros]

Hi,

Here are a couple hibiscus that I did an air layer on around 5-6 months ago.

They are a bit big and was thinking of doing a trunk chop to get some taper.
Anyone got any ideas on the direction that I can take with them.

[mtarros]

Was thinking of cutting the first tree where the red lines are on the image.

Is it too much for the tree to handle?

[kcpoole]

Howdy
Saw this post last night and thuought Yay another one doing Hibiscus

You can cut them back as hard as you like and they will still thrive. But I would leave soem of the smaller branch to start taper in the tree

I know not much movement,

Ken

[kcpoole]

As a second look, I would maybe cut everything off but leave that little shoot out the back?

Woudl that one give movement to use?

Ken

[mtarros]

mm yes the back shoot might be a better option I will have another look at it from a different angle.

This Hibiscus has small white flowers so it should look very nice as a bonsai, I might have a closer look at the tree in the front and layer off some more branches with better movement.

[kcpoole]

mm yes the back shoot might be a better option I will have another look at it from a different angle.

This Hibiscus has small white flowers so it should look very nice as a bonsai,

Ooohh Nice
I only have some large ones
Like the ones in this thread
viewtopic.php?f=104&t=2985&hilit=+flowers

Ken