wee dilemma

bought a small cotoneaster last year. repotted it at a slightly different angle, and I still can't see where to go with it in it's existing form. I am considering chopping the trunk in half, below the lowest foliage because there's a nice taper up to that point. I've been advised that this is fatal to pines and conifers. Would it apply here too?

If it's healthy, it should sprout even on old wood when chopped back hard.

cheers. I'm impatient and impulsive and it was painful trying to contain myself before getting advice

done. not got the facilities to post pictures. how long would you anticipate how long it should take before sprouting?

Once weather starts to warm up. It should show sings in less than a month.

Kev Bailey wrote:It should show sings in less than a month.

What a very talented tree. And in a month it could be the UK's Eurovision entry. Couldn't do any worse than previous entrants.

fiona wrote:

Kev Bailey wrote:It should show sings in less than a month.

What a very talented tree. And in a month it could be the UK's Eurovision entry. Couldn't do any worse than previous entrants.

give owwa wiseacre.

Signs!

I was rushing, eating my dinner and typing before dashing off to bonsai club meeting. Gizza break!

Kev Bailey wrote:I was rushing, eating my dinner and typing before dashing off to bonsai club meeting.

I'm tellin' ya! Guys just can't do the multi-tasking thing!

And apart from which, I quite like the thought of a singing tree - it balances things up nicely. If I might paraphrase Clint Eastwood:

"I talk to the trees....
that's why they put me away!"

fiona wrote:If I might paraphrase Clint Eastwood:

“You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?”

Tony