Posted by Gus on 6/14/2009, 8:55 pm, in reply to "question for Gus again"
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What about this? 
At the stage the March photo shows, re-sprouting is working very well It is recovering healthily. But there are some branches that show either dead tissue or little chances to muster the re-sprouting effort (others have advantage). The edited version above is a just a suggestion to deal with that.
It is going to be very difficult for your plant to get the "uniform shape" it had last year. But that does not mean it cannot grow in a visually interesting way.
My suggestion is that you also clip the newest growth in those branches that might "take too much advantage" and so to give more time to the "delayed ones" to fill up. That way you will also promote "divided branching" (lateral buds will grown instead of the apical one you will pinch) and a more compact outlook. Small secateurs will suffice
This "bonsaification" tends to look better for small leaved eucalypts. E. globulus leaves are maybe a bit too large. But I have also done it, and I like it! Keep feeding and watering it, clipping and pruning without fear anything you don't like much. Your plant will look totally different by September, as it will keep re-building leaves very fast
PS: If at any point it is not looking good at all, remember you can "start over" with a severe pruning back to the root collar for next year.
PS2: Sorry for the delay!
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