golf2992

I just bought a Bougainvillea (about 3 feet high,leggy, and blooming -
one gallon container) and what may be a cottoneaster (or crabapple)
(orange berries and about 3 ft high - 2 gallon container).
The Bougainvillea is an indoor and the other an outdoor - I believe.

What I can I do now to start preparing them for Bonsai size and pots?
Can I prune them back and do root pruning now? I do have a high
intensity sodium light environment for gardening indoors.

Any info is appreciated.

Craig

rschmitt23

Unless you live in the Caribbean, it's a little late in the year for branch
and root pruning, especially for bougs which have tender roots and have to
be treated with care when pruning and repotting during the normal time of
the year.

I live in Orange County CA a few miles from the coast in Sunset zone 22/23.
The growing season here runs from early March to late Nov. . I repotted a
royal purple boug (5 gal size) in early Nov into a mica bonsai pot (7x10x3)
and thinned out the branches. It's still doing fine, lotsa colorful bracts.

In late Sep I hard pruned (branches and roots) a cotoneaster parneyi (red
clusterberry cotoneaster), another 5 gal nursery plant and repotted into a
mica bonsai pot.. So far, so good, but I'll be a while before the red
berries return.

Later

--
Ray Schmitt, Aliso Viejo, CA
Cold Hardiness Zone 10b
AHS Heat Zone 4
Sunset Climate Zone 22
rschmitt23@cox.net

gopherhill

In a message dated 12/10/2003 6:32:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
golf2992@CINCI.RR.COM writes:

I can't help with the cotoneaster, but the Bougie is not cold hardy
and will be damaged by frost and killed by a freeze.
Bougies love to be pruned and even root pruned, but be careful of
water and don't let it remain wet. Also dead wood rots very fast.
If this is a standard variety of Bougie it will need to be a large
Bonsai. If it is one of the dwarf forms that is better.
Bougies get leggy with too little light.
Billy on the Florida Space Coast
Bonsai Societies of Florida Annual Convention Memorial Day Weekend 2004
Radisson Hotel, Cape Canaveral, Florida <A HREF="www.bonsaisocietyofbrevard.org">www.bonsaiso cietyofbrevard.org</A>

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denise hurd

Hi Craig,

and Welcome.

If you will please give us an idea of where you are from - close city, USDA
Zone or Sunset Zone, etc. this will help us answer your questions.

--
Denise Hurd a.k.a. the Bride
Central CA - Sunset Zone 8-USDA Zone 9
denise@hurdfam.com

golf2992

Denise - thanks for your response - Zone 6a - Cincinnati. The Boug is
inside and under lights. The cottoneaster is in the garage without
heat.

Any help is appreciated.

Craig

golf2992

Ray:

Thanks for your response. I am in Cincinnati - Hardiness Zone 6a. OK
to prune the cottoneaster just before leafing in spring or late winter? Craig

rschmitt23

Cotoneaster is tough and can take heavy pruning. The usual advice is to trim
the new growth during the growing season to keep the plant from going wild
and to prune the old growth in early Spring to shape the plant as desired.
Early Spring is the recommended time for wiring the plant.

Later

--
Ray Schmitt, Aliso Viejo, CA
Cold Hardiness Zone 10b
AHS Heat Zone 4
Sunset Climate Zone 22
rschmitt23@cox.net


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awbonsi1

Craig: There are limits to the value of what you can glean here in the
IBC. You can learn a whole lot, but it doesn't take the place of
learning with a local bonsai club. You've received general advice and
information about your cotoneaster here, but for more specific questions
about climate, I suggest you ask people in your Cincinnati climate.
There is a very active Cincinnati club (Greater Cincinnati
Bonsai Society) which has a web site at:
http://www.cincinnatibonsai.com/
A few of them even participate here in the IBC. They'll likely be a lot
more informed about your specific needs.
Alan Walker, Lake Charles, LA, USA
http://LCBSBonsai.org http://bonsai-bci.com

-----Original Message-----
Cotoneaster is tough and can take heavy pruning. The usual advice is to
trim the new growth during the growing season to keep the plant from
going wild and to prune the old growth in early Spring to shape the
plant as desired. Early Spring is the recommended time for wiring the
plant.
Later
Ray Schmitt, Aliso Viejo, CA
Cold Hardiness Zone 10b AHS Heat Zone 4 Sunset Climate Zone 22
rschmitt23@cox.net

Unless you live in the Caribbean, it's a little late in the year
for branch and root pruning, especially for bougs which have tender
roots and have to be treated with care when pruning and repotting during
the normal time of the year.
I live in Orange County CA a few miles from the coast in Sunset
zone 22/23. The growing season here runs from early March to late Nov. .
I repotted a royal purple boug (5 gal size) in early Nov into a mica
bonsai pot (7x10x3) and thinned out the branches. It's still doing fine,
lotsa colorful bracts.
In late Sep I hard pruned (branches and roots) a cotoneaster
parneyi (red clusterberry cotoneaster), another 5 gal nursery plant and
repotted into a mica bonsai pot.. So far, so good, but I'll be a while
before the red berries return.
Later
Ray Schmitt, Aliso Viejo, CA
Cold Hardiness Zone 10b AHS Heat Zone 4 Sunset Climate Zone 22
rschmitt23@cox.net

Ray:
Thanks for your response. I am in Cincinnati - Hardiness Zone 6a.
OK to prune the cottoneaster just before leafing in spring or late
winter?
Craig

blooming - one gallon container) and what may be a cottoneaster (or
crabapple) (orange berries and about 3 ft high - 2 gallon container).
The Bougainvillea is an indoor and the other an outdoor - I believe.
What I can I do now to start preparing them for Bonsai size and
pots? Can I prune them back and do root pruning now? I do have a high
intensity sodium light environment for gardening indoors.
Any info is appreciated.
Craig

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