How to prune & wire a Chine Myrtle Bonsai? - London

How to prune & wire a Chine Myrtle Bonsai?
Pruning your bonsai is important not only to maintain or create an aesthetic style but to also ensure light and airflow can reach inner foliage. The Chinese myrtle thickens rapidly and frequent trimming will produce a dense network of fine branches (ramification). To do this, after flowering, use appropriate tools to cut back stems which have grown longer than at least six to eight leaves, leaving the two leaves which are closest to the stem intact to ensure new buds will be produced.

Training your bonsai using wiring is easy when working with the younger shoots, but older shoots of the Chinese myrtle can crack and break, requiring more care and risk. We recommend using wires with a thickness that matches the thickness of the branch: if the wire you choose is too thick you will damage the bark. If it is too thin, it won’t be effective

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