Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: What's blooming?, 1 by tapla

tapla wrote:
And another Coleus. You can see four branches on this one already. The lower branch is called a sacrifice branch & is only being allowed to remain to fatten the trunk. I will remove it when I move the plant outdoors. The wound from its removal will heal (close) quicker if I wait until the plant is beginning a period of active growth. The weights are to bring the branch to a horizontal position. It will set in that position quickly & I will remove the weights. These plants always look scraggly after they are pruned, but a month from now, they'll be all filled out & almost unrecognizable from what you see today. Hope you enjoyed the bonsai lesson - I know I had fun. ;o)

Al