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Also - any tips for pruning a standard geisha tree? Webmaster - Sydney: You can always perform gentle trim backs. These involve selecting a few target branches and cutting them back lightly - ensuring that these are intermixed with other untouched branches. Aug 12, Pruning. The sprawling growth of the plant should be controlled by regular thinning and pruning. Pruning and thinning encourages bushy growth with more branches and flowers.

These plants will continue to be more fabulous if the growth is controlled by thinning and pruning. It can be grown in containers on a porch, deck or on the patio.

Feb 27, Pruning. This is a vigorous plant so regular pruning will be required to keep the plant compact and bushy. If you want to train the plant as a stemmed shrub, start at an early age and simply prune to one central leader until you reach the desired height. You may need to stake a plant trained this way.

PropagationEstimated Reading Time: 2 mins. Feb 10, It is also very vigorous, so is prone to develop side shoots along the main stem during the growing season. Regular tip pruning is best and then a hard prune once the berries start to from. 'Geisha Girl,' as the name suggests, originated in Japan Author: Florez Nursery. Annual pruning and thinning in the late winter or early spring controls their growth and spread to a manageable level, but is not necessary for the health of the tree.

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