Hi guys,

Been a while since my last post, but I´m back now and I´m bringing the most recent development on my Pyracantha. Next month will be a year and still with me and thriving... Even survived an aphid attack (treated it with soap diluted on water and it worked).

Well, after its first repot (at least since I have it) I placed it on a terracota pot and tilted the inclination angle a bit towards its left to promote a more dramatic fall on the cascade branch. Also, I´ve been pruning it and wiring it to place its branches where I thought it was best. Still, any advices from you guys will be very much welcome as usual.

Thanks in advance,

Alain

I like where it is going!

Keep the cascading branch not too straight but with a few bends and curves. Keeps is more interesting!

leatherback wrote:

I like where it is going!

Thanks LB. Glad you like it.

leatherback wrote:

Keep the cascading branch not too straight but with a few bends and curves. Keeps is more interesting!

Yep, I wanted to add some twists on that branch but when I started applying pressure for the first time, I accidentally snap the branch around 8 or 10 cms from its tip. I had read here that snapped branches could be repaired (sometimes) with superglue and I did just that and it actually worked. The setback is that now I´m affraid of bending that branch because I could break it and ruin the cascade approach that I like so much. That is why you see that U-turn on the low part of the cascading branch... Who knows, maybe next year I might take the chance and improve that branch character.

Thanks,

Alain

What you *could* consider.. Taping 2 thicker wire length-wise along the branch, with very tight tape and/or raffia. Then wire, en bend -even over a period of weeks-. The wire & raffia supposedly reduce the tightness of the bends, reducing breaking. Alway bend these dificult curves with your full hand: Thumbs on the inside of the intended branch, touching. Fingers on the other side. It will give you much better control. But yeah; I have done the same thing too; breaking that is. And Pyracantha is notorious

leatherback wrote:

breaking that is. And Pyracantha is notorious

Yes... They are remarkably brittle, aren´t they? I just received a lesson on first hand that day.

As for the rest of the post... Thanks a lot, that is a good piece of advice... Still, I think I won´t touch that branch until next year, but I´ll have this info at hand when I decide to take my chances and give it a go

Alain