Bittenfox
Seedling
ok, so if anyone knows about variegated umbrella plants...could you point me in a direction where I can find info for pruning it so that it stops growing OUT and goes a bit UP? It looks like it is only branches down the center, and foliage is at the latter portion of each branch. Can these things be trained? (and how). Also, I live in the north, so my tree is indoors and drops lots of leaves when the days start to shorten. I purchased a grow-lamp today and am wondering if anyone has experience with what settings would work best for it? I can set brightness and time. (it's broad spectrum). I will include the latest photos of my beast....but even in my profile photo, you can see what I mean by growing OUTward? I'm not overly obsessed with this tree, but so far, it's the only bonsai that I have, and I've had it for over 4 years now, so I'm a bit committed, ya know?