1. Additional decoration
(1) natural pruning.
It refers to the promotion of new branches after cutting the original branches short and heavy. When pruning, the trunk is generally 30 ~ 35cm long, and after short cutting, the side branches are cut short one year later, and then the side branches are cut short year by year (Figure 3- 1).
Natural pruning-shortcut
(2) Bracket pruning.
For flowers and trees with soft branches, such as Yingchun, leave the trunk with a length of about 10cm first, and after the lateral branches are born, choose to leave about 3 evenly distributed branches, and the rest are sparse. Let the remaining branches grow longer, and then evenly tie them to various shapes of brackets. Leave a leaf bud on the branch every 7 ~ 8 cm, and wipe off the rest to prevent the side branches from being too dense and affecting the shape.
(3) pick your heart.
The tops of shoots and vines are often removed by hand to promote branching. Plants born at the top of branches can collect stones at the early stage of growth, but not at the later stage.
Pruning should master the period. Different plants have different pruning periods. Deciduous shrubs can be pruned during dormancy, and evergreen plants should be pruned in early spring. Plants that bloom on the branches of the current year should be pruned before germination in spring or after defoliation last winter. Those that only bloom on 2-year-old branches should be cut short after flowering to promote new branches and bloom more flowers in the coming year. When pruning, we should master the principle of "uniform distribution and good density", and cut off the cross branches, too dense branches, long branches and sick, withered, injured and weak branches together. Pruning should be done with sharp branch scissors, and the cut should be about 0.5 cm above the bud, and it should be smoothly tilted outward.
Fine branches
Cut off dense branches, tufted branches, cross branches, overlapping branches and pest branches to make the plants ventilated and beautiful (Figure 3-2).
Sparse branches
Plastic operation
(1) stent forming.
For branches with strong climbing ability, flowers and trees with soft trunks or perennial grass flowers with large flowers, brackets should be set up for binding and shaping, so that the branches and leaves can be evenly distributed, and the branches can be induced to grow in one direction, which is beneficial to decoration. Scaffolding is in the form of single column, which is mainly used for perennial herbaceous flowers, such as begonia and single chrysanthemum. Geometric pattern: lead wire or bamboo strips are interwoven and tied into a memorial arch or beat shape, and then soft branches are pulled on it, which is suitable for asparagus, trollius and lotus. Disc-shaped columns are inserted into the pot soil, and soft flower branches are fixed on or above the disc and then hung downwards, such as crab claw orchids and dahlias. In addition, there are cylindrical and spiral shapes (Figure 3-3).
Form of potted flower bracket
1. Beat style 2. Archway style 3. Trapezoidal style 4. Triangle style 5. Single column and cylindrical style
(2) bend with a rope.
Pull the branch into an S shape with a rope. For example, the side branches of Yingchun and Poinsettia are mostly pulled into an up-and-down S-shaped bend.
(3) kneading.
Through modelling technique, the whole plant is kneaded into various animal and text patterns, which are mostly used for herbaceous flowers.