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Post  tony low Fri Nov 10, 2017 3:55 am

I am a newbie here and I need your advise on the restyle of my bougainvillea. The trunk is about 40 cm tall and the middle of the trunk were being attack by ants which made a hole to the bottom of the trunk.
I intend to cut the trunk down as shown in the photo.

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Post  tony low Fri Nov 10, 2017 4:04 am

Here is the photo, sorry I do not know I did it right or not

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Post  BrendanR Fri Nov 10, 2017 9:08 am

Maybe I don't understand your pics but it looks like you plan to cut off the leader that has great movement and ramification? Why?

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Post  tony low Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:34 am

I just want to shorten the tree trunk and develop the two area after cutting.

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Post  BrendanR Fri Nov 10, 2017 1:41 pm

So you are thinking somthing like this:

Newbie - Bougainvillea restyle need advise 38308087501_d9ff75e19a_c2017-11-10_01-32-09 by BrendanR2012, on Flickr


Newbie - Bougainvillea restyle need advise 38308046291_64f6e29888_c2017-11-10_01-30-08 by BrendanR2012, on Flickr

My problem with that is the trunk becomes quite taperless.  It has nice detail, but it just suddenly becomes a cut off tree as opposed to a tree that grew small with taper.  I almost always say cut it short, but maybe not here?  




I don't think you lose anything if you carve away all of the deadwood and get taper from the base to the long leader:

Newbie - Bougainvillea restyle need advise 38308109911_c898784e82_c2017-11-10_01-33-05 by BrendanR2012, on Flickr





I'd be trying for this:

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Post  tony low Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:27 am

Yes BrendanR, I just want the pic like this.

Like the pic on 2017-11-10 _01-32-09.
Thanks a lot

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Post  tony low Sat Nov 11, 2017 6:26 am

BrendanR, Thanks for your advice, I have mostly Ficus, Adenium and Wrightia Religiosa.
I have just post one of my ficus on the members tree section. Hope you like it.

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Post  tony low Thu Nov 23, 2017 11:38 am

I have made a cut on the trunk and shorten it. Here is a photo.

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Post  BrendanR Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:42 pm

Nice job.  Now perhaps wire the branches into better positions?  They are too close together?

I might suggest taking the long straight one in the middle and bending it downwards so that it emphasises the movement in the trunk:


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Post  tony low Thu Nov 23, 2017 3:26 pm

Thanks BrendanR, I will be doing some wiring works the next few days. I will also cut some of the top inside part of the tree trunk to make it looks more taper.

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