the chop

I've cut some of my houseplants. First was the younger Avocado. It's beautiful little leaves just over six inches,

so I snipped the stem off. Waiting anxiously now to see it recover and branch.

My two little Geranium bonsai needed trimming again. The one from a cutting you can see has bigger leaves than the other already tree-shaped.

First I thinned the larger and crossing leaves out

then cut its stems shorter to even them up. It always feels so drastic to me to cut it back so far, but I like how the "trunk" and stems are thickening.

Of the clippings two had nice shapes

so I thought I'd salvage them and see if I can grow new little plants