Tropicals & Tender Perennials: YEAH!! My 1st Brug Blooms!, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
I have found all of mine, even those from potted plants, grow straight. Now they may grow at an angle from the Mom but straight up at the angle so when you cut them off you just have to stick them straight up in the pot to fix it.

I agree with Brugie, seedlings usually grow up straight and tall for alley trees but it takes them awhile. See seedling Stubby in the middle of my brug garden? He is so straight and tall and the trunk is fat and perfect for an alley tree. This canopy naturally has a good full beginning for an alley tree.

He is so fat and has such a huge canopy already that I will stick some wet moss and foil on him to root him as he stands. If I were to cut him off at the base as I prefer to root these tall ones, I would have to cut too much of his canopy off.