Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Need Some Advice How Best to Cut, Replant, 1 by JPlunket

JPlunket wrote:
My Aztec Gold is growing well but into an odd shape. Goal is to have a large, structurally sound mass of AG flowers in the one spot.

The trunk leans 45 degrees to the east coming out of the ground, to a Y.

One large branch off that trunk has about 24" of greyish, leathery portion, heading further east, then rebranches into three, nice-looking, fresh green branches.

Another smaller branch off the main trunk is green and heads south, with about 12" of a less leathery but still grey-silver part.

I am tempted to cut the larger "trident" and root it as one large cutting, set as close to the main trunk as would be prudent. Later --or concurrently unless it'd be unwise to do both these steps at once-- I envision cutting the single branch and re-rooting that as well, also right close by.

Would one or more readers kindly take a moment to look at the photos I am posting, and offer expert advice? I would be most obliged --thanks.

First shot (looking north) shows mainly the trident. It is about 5' long, from the tip of the middle branch to the fork of the Y at the main trunk.

This message was edited Jan 5, 2008 10:48 PM