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Jul 16, 2016 2:40 PM CST
Name: Baja
Baja California (Zone 11b)
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Nice. It looks pretty good to me as is, but you can try pruning one way or the other, and see what comes of it. Smiling

My rationale is similar to why one would prune apple or fig trees during their dormancy (ie. wintertime). When they wake up afterwards, they will focus their expansion on the remaining growth centers, resulting in less loss of energy to the plant and (maybe just a perceived) balanced recovery "from scratch". That's my crude understanding, but it has worked for me and it's the way one would prune the natives here, which go dormant in the summer (like E. misera).
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