Red Cascade (Spindle Tree) as a bonsai
I've just received three small Red Cascade plants (Euonymus euorpaeus Red Cascade). The details say they grow to about 9 feet high, but I need to keep them about 3 feet maximum as they will be in pots under a window.
At the moment the plants are just stems, about 12-20 inches long and about 1/4" in diameter, without any flowers or leaves. I don't know much about gardening or how to prune things. Can anyone give me advice on how to prune them to make them bonsai and keep the height down, while still encouraging foliage and berries? |
Red Cascade (Spindle Tree) as a bonsai
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from Rae contains these words: I don't know much about gardening or how to prune things. Can anyone give me advice on how to prune them to make them bonsai and keep the height down, while still encouraging foliage and berries? I'd advise you to get a book out of the library: it's not a subject which lends itself to potted info'. You prune the roots, BTW, more than you prune what's above ground. -- Rusty horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
Red Cascade (Spindle Tree) as a bonsai
"Rae" wrote in message ... I've just received three small Red Cascade plants (Euonymus euorpaeus Red Cascade). The details say they grow to about 9 feet high, but I need to keep them about 3 feet maximum as they will be in pots under a window. At the moment the plants are just stems, about 12-20 inches long and about 1/4" in diameter, without any flowers or leaves. I don't know much about gardening or how to prune things. Can anyone give me advice on how to prune them to make them bonsai and keep the height down, while still encouraging foliage and berries? -- Rae I guess you don't really mean bonsai in the true sense.They will withstand quite hard pruning and I guess you could maintain a height of about 3 feet without resorting to root pruning. I suppose you could grow them on in pots which would constrict growth. |
Red Cascade (Spindle Tree) as a bonsai
Rupert wrote in message ... "Rae" wrote in message ... I've just received three small Red Cascade plants (Euonymus euorpaeus Red Cascade). The details say they grow to about 9 feet high, but I need to keep them about 3 feet maximum as they will be in pots under a window. At the moment the plants are just stems, about 12-20 inches long and about 1/4" in diameter, without any flowers or leaves. I don't know much about gardening or how to prune things. Can anyone give me advice on how to prune them to make them bonsai and keep the height down, while still encouraging foliage and berries? -- Rae I guess you don't really mean bonsai in the true sense.They will withstand quite hard pruning and I guess you could maintain a height of about 3 feet without resorting to root pruning. I suppose you could grow them on in pots which would constrict growth. Hi, My Euonymous europeus 'Red Cascade' makes *at least* 9ft each year, even though I coppice it annually after leaf fall. Rae wishes to keep berries as well as leaves, and I fail to see how he could manage this if he pruned it often enough to maintain the height at 3ft. Indeed, the only way he might manage it would be to treat his plants as bonsai. This would mean growing them in pots rather than a border so that he could access the roots for root pruning. There is an approach that could be very successful, but I suspect Rae would only need one plant. Using a framework of wires on the wall below the window, the Euonymous could be trained espalier-fashion. This would result in a good framework so the plant more-or-less evenly covers the wall. Although inexperienced, I'm sure Rae could tie in branches to the framework and prune only when the Euonymous out-grew the boundary of the framework. This would also mean cutting back branches which grew too far forwards, and cutting out branches which grew backwards toward the wall, but this pruning is self-explanatory and doesn't require any special technique. Spider |
Red Cascade (Spindle Tree) as a bonsai
"Spider" wrote in message ... Rupert wrote in message ... "Rae" wrote in message ... I've just received three small Red Cascade plants (Euonymus euorpaeus Red Cascade). The details say they grow to about 9 feet high, but I need to keep them about 3 feet maximum as they will be in pots under a window. At the moment the plants are just stems, about 12-20 inches long and about 1/4" in diameter, without any flowers or leaves. I don't know much about gardening or how to prune things. Can anyone give me advice on how to prune them to make them bonsai and keep the height down, while still encouraging foliage and berries? -- Rae I guess you don't really mean bonsai in the true sense.They will withstand quite hard pruning and I guess you could maintain a height of about 3 feet without resorting to root pruning. I suppose you could grow them on in pots which would constrict growth. Hi, My Euonymous europeus 'Red Cascade' makes *at least* 9ft each year, even though I coppice it annually after leaf fall. Rae wishes to keep berries as well as leaves, and I fail to see how he could manage this if he pruned it often enough to maintain the height at 3ft. Indeed, the only way he might manage it would be to treat his plants as bonsai. This would mean growing them in pots rather than a border so that he could access the roots for root pruning. There is an approach that could be very successful, but I suspect Rae would only need one plant. Using a framework of wires on the wall below the window, the Euonymous could be trained espalier-fashion. This would result in a good framework so the plant more-or-less evenly covers the wall. Although inexperienced, I'm sure Rae could tie in branches to the framework and prune only when the Euonymous out-grew the boundary of the framework. This would also mean cutting back branches which grew too far forwards, and cutting out branches which grew backwards toward the wall, but this pruning is self-explanatory and doesn't require any special technique. Spider Excellent idea and as you say it's not too difficult. As Rae has three plants then he could experiment with the other two |
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