Tropicals & Tender Perennials: She's about to... #13, 1 by AuntB

AuntB wrote:
The "hairy" part... the new growth coming out on the main stems or trunks of our brugs.. Lav, lol I remove most of it, unless I'm trying to develop a new limb. I feel the new shoots take away from the main plant nutrients and the buds/blooms. So I will remove a lot or all of that growth. It really depends on what look we're going for... P.Versi, I've kept trained to more of a tree w/canopy than a bushy look with lots of trunks. See the new shoots coming up from the bottom? These will be lopped.. I'm keeping 2 or 3 to root in a bucket over winter and the rest will be cut for sharing if possible, it might be so new it is too green to root, as I like semi hard wood the best to root. She doesn't get the new growth on her trunk much anymore because she is about 8 or 9 yrs old and has very hard wood.