I'm curious, was this an intervention by us or did we BNutters just pass a (surreptitious) bonsai-IQ test?I want to thank everyone for your input. I think you saw what I knew about this tree without me showing it.
The answer is yes.I'm curious, was this an intervention by us or did we BNutters just pass a (surreptitious) bonsai-IQ test?
The new front is indeed quite nice.
Kinsai is on my short list. Nice blooms, but those large petal blooms are dominant, and those branches need to be removed to retain the recessive characteristics of the "mother" plant's thin petals. Peter Warren advised once to never buy a kinsai out of bloom, because their tendency is to quickly revert.
I would keep that right branch and grow it longer, at least based on the one photo shared. Is there a front that shows a stronger base?
I would wait until it's blooming before pruning it, and then trace it back to keep only twigs/branches with the narrow-petal flowers, and remove those branches with the reverted flowers. I assume they'd be out on the ends or full branches.Hello Brian,
Concerning cutting back on the lager petal bloom, how far back onto the branch to cut back?
I also have a kinsai that does the same reverting but not sure how far it needs to be cut back. Do I follow the twig back to the main branch then remove?