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Originally Posted by jeremy_norbury
Morten
Finally I got a single purple berry on one of my trees - it was on the backside of the tree - so I never saw it (or the flower) until I turned it.
This leads me to believe that my constant pruning has been removing the flower buds.
When do you get the flowers and on which growth?
Jerry
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Hi Jerry
You are rigth, that constant pruning will remove flower buds and thereby flowering and fruit bearing branches will be lost. Most flowering trees and shrubs flowers on two year old branches. This means some branches must be allowed to grow with only a little or no pruning from midd summer until winter in order to flower the following year.
Maintaning flowering bonsai are not easy, because you always have to decide between flowering purposes or maintaining the shape of the branches. You cant do both at the same time, so you have to balance between these two actions.
The Lonicera also flowers on the two year old branches, so prune little or nothing from midd summer to develop buds for next years flowering.
Regards
Morten