AusBonsai

Hello,

Can anyone suggest a style that would suit this umbrella at all???
Feel free to chop into the pics with suggested lines.







I can take more pics if needed.

thank you in advance.

With dwarf umbrellas you can cut them back to develop more branching, they also love a loose mix, this enables the roots to expand and thicken. I have a group fixed to a rock, their roots hanging down, no soil, just a little spagnum; sitting in a tray of water, They are developing masses of roots, aerial roots and new growth, looks quite effective.

Chris

Chop them back and use the cluster of stems to form a nice grove. I attach a very young planting on a rock.
Jerry

Thank you for your suggestions i think i might bind the thicker branches together and try root over rock.

Okay guys how far back should i chop this umbrella????

I'd be interested in one of these as well.

Does anyone know if you can take all the leaves off one, or if you have to do it one section at a time to cut it back?

Thanks

I cut mine right down to bare trunk and it's powering on now!

Go Nuts.

Deemon wrote:I cut mine right down to bare trunk and it's powering on now!

Go Nuts.

Thanks for that, I just bought mine and it's not amazingly healthy so I might wait until next summer. I assume that it is the kind of thing you would want to do early to mid summer?

mickaus wrote:

Deemon wrote:I cut mine right down to bare trunk and it's powering on now!

Go Nuts.

Thanks for that, I just bought mine and it's not amazingly healthy so I might wait until next summer. I assume that it is the kind of thing you would want to do early to mid summer?

I have had mine in a pot now since New year and im going to chop tommorow so that should be an indication, but a years worth of rejuv should be good for it.

Thanks for the advice.

Let me know how it goes

lol sorry i left it, i might leave it another yr now.

You can let it grow aerial roots to make a banyan style tree. This is mine 3 years ago; it has a lot more aerials now. It was growing without pot on a big saucer in the yard of a Sydney group house when I got it. So, a bonsai pot and soil really spoiled it!

Looks good mate, would love to see a updated pic if possible please?

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After:

I'd personally chop that back even more, got a big one at my mums place, chopped it back to the ground and sprung back up, bout 2m tall again after bout 3yrs