Beginning point
Really decent nursery tree, actually. You could hardly see the black pot when I first bought it, what you see now is what I left on the tree, with about 6 months of fall, winter, and spring growth plumped back on.
Now time for some fun styling!
(Yes, better photo settings are in mind next time; white sheets, better lighting - this was all I could quickly put underneath the tree to allow it to stretch while I wired!) This took a few hours of non-stop clipping, pinching, and wiring.
The top, now has direction and a few options. the far back branch will eventually be reduced, letting it grow wild a bit to thicken the main branch out some.
Most, of the cascading branch.
The bottom portion of the cascading branch.
This was a fun and truly rewarding learning experience. My 2nd cascade tree; time to let it grow back, begin pinching and begin ramification of the pads. Continue to work the top, and thicken some of the top lower branches.
Very nice work I really like where you went with yours. I think yours is alittle bit longer than the one I have , I plan on letting mine grow out for awhile and see where it goes.
ReplyDeleteSo what does the tree look like now? Did it survive the pruning? Because I have one that's very similar and I just pruned it as much and re-potted it.
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