Prunus Mume Defoliation & pruning for budding in summer
How do you get Prunus mume to backbud?
Japanese apricot (prunus mume) is reluctant to create backbuds. Therefor it is important to do spring and summer pruning on this tree.
I defoliate my prunus mume bonsai partially in early spring to trigger backbudding. Then in summer I prune back to encourage buds to open and branches to develop.
