In this study, for plants treated with a dose of 20 mg L-1 this effect lasted 19 months, since compact shoots continued to be produced. The leaves on all plants treated with paclobutrazol were a darker green than those of plants treated with CCC. In terms of the number of inflorescences produced during the experiment, there were no statistical differences between the growth regulators, doses and application frequencies by comparison with the control, as can be seen in Table 3 and Figure 3.