potential bougainvillea literati

Hi friends,

Do you think this has chance to be literati or should I just chop it?





Trunk:




Sorry for the red background. Comments are most welcome.

Thanks,
Ray

If the wall shows standard size bricks, that is awfully tall. I'd recommend a series of air layers so you don't waste that lovely old bark.

Now this is just my opinion but i would chop it. You should be able to make a cutting out of each 6" piece if you want. Just secure them into a pot with wet sand and you should be good.

Jim,

Height is 30 inches.

Milehigh,

That's also an option.

Thanks,
Ray

hi,
A convincing literati still needs to taper from bottom to top so I personally would not bother with this material in that route - the middle section is just a long straight stick as it is.

boug will be a showy tree - glitz and colour - literati is a bare bones expression of hardship and minimalism so the two dont really work together either I feel. If this were mine it would be airlayed at the top, thrown away in the middle, and regrown from the bottom. -

cheers Marcus

Thanks Marcus. I'll take that into consideration.

Ray

If you could get more movement into the straighter parts of the trunk, this could make an interesting and unusual bunjin. But I have a feeling that it is probably not very flexible.

- bob