FLORIDA POINSIETTA (OR POINSETTA) ARE BEAUTIFUL TREES THAT ARE SIMILAR IN STRUCTURE AND LEAVES TO THE MIMOSA. ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO WHILE DRIVING UP IN FT MYERS AFTER VISITING THE EDISON AND FORDSUMMER HOMES, WE CAME ACROSS BEAUTIFUL PONSIETTA TREES IN BLOOM. REDS, WHITES, ORANGES, PINKS WERE ALL AROUND. WE PICKED UP MANY PODS AND I LATER PLANTED THE SEEDS. I HAVE 3 OR 4 FULL GROWN EXAMPLES, AND ABOUT 4-5 BONSAI. THET DO NOT GROW WELL LATERALLY WHEN THE ARE CUT AT THE TOP. THEY TEND TO PUSH ON AND GET LEGGY AND LONG. THE ONE I WORK ON HERE GOT SO LONG THAT I HAD TO REBALANCE IT IN THE POT SO IT WOULDN’T FALL OUT. IT WAS FINALLY TIME FOR A CUTTING. I END UP CUTTING OFF ABOUT 2/3rds OF THE TREE. PLUS I PRUNE THE ROOTS AND REPOT.(***PLEASE VIEW PART 12 ABOUT THE WARNING ON HANDLING SPHAGNUM MOSS BEFORE YOU WORK WITH SPHAGNUM MOSS***).
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**Super, Bonsai, Easy, method, POINSIETTA, Trim
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