I'm no Ixora specialist having never worked with that plant, but just generally, if you wish to increase branching and "fullness" of plant, you want to make heading-back cuts-just beyond a side branch or branchlet, along most or all stems, so that the plant will now produce two or more new branches wherever you made your cuts. Try not to leave stubs, cutting instead-like I said-to the point just beyond the side branching.

The possibility exists too that you may get where you're trying to go by doing nothing. What I'm saying is, if that plant has been indoors, but is now brought outside (just guessing here), it will fill out greatly just by receiving more light. A shaded spot on the porch is usually much brighter-in actual footcandles of light-than what we think to be a bright indoor room.

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This plant is commonly used as bonsai material, so it will respond very well to pruning. What sort of image do you have in mind for the plant?

Al

Hi.. I already pruned plant because there were no reply but I want a bushy appearance.. I am posting a latest pic.. I will make any changes if you suggest regarding pruning

Hi wisconsitom .. I pruned plant before your reply ... But i thank you for your helpful information .. But is this right method i pruned it? Or should i modify it?

The stubs are fine - the plant will happily backbud on bare wood. To ease congestion later and help ensure more light into the center of the foliage mass as it grows, eliminate all trifurcations. See line drawing:

After the plant backbuds along the long straight stretches of branches (straight is boring), prune those long bare branches back to only 2 secondary branches. Proper pruning and thinning is important if you want to arrive at a nicely shaped and full plant. Don't expect the same results from shearing it into a round ball as you can get from judicious pruning.

Al

Hi AI,

First of all thank you for diagramatic representation .. I will remember that bifurcation will reduce congestion in centre of plant.. So I will prune it accordingly..

Can I ask you one more question about my other plant?

Thanks...

Sure.

I've detail pruned so many containerized woody plants I can do it almost completely by instinct. I made the drawing to help the jade growers understand how to keep their plants full but still let air and light into the interior.

Al

Hi AI

I want to know proper approach towards this mango plant.. It is Indian native variety.. And it's a fruiting season here.. I have pruned roots and potted it in this temporary pot.. What should I do now?

It's my first attempt towards bonsai..

Thanks..

I'd be reluctant to offer continuing advice on someone else's threads - that's called hi-jacking. First, wait until the tree recovers from the repot before you proceed with what I'm going to say. First, an observation. Your plant has VERY large leaves for bonsai material, so your future bonsai, even after your best efforts at leaf (size) reduction, would have to be very large for the leaves to be 'in scale' with the rest of the plant. The issues that need correcting: the tree looks distinctly like a slingshot. This 'Y' configuration is highly undesirable in bonsai plants, so you should remove the left side of the 'Y' (in the picture), and retain the young branch as your tree's first branch. It's in a perfect position.

It's difficult to give someone else advice about bonsai because my vision is entirely different from that of a budding artist. I look at the tree with eyes that see what needs to be done to ensure the tree is a beautiful 10 years from now. That involves a temporal sacrifice of the beauty you seek in the immediate, and it's almost not fair to ask you to give up that enjoyment.

Al