ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
This is the best starter material I have (seeing as how the new dog thinks my trees are chew toys for now ) so I'm starting a progression thread for it.
Home Depot clearance find last September. The support stick it was tied to broke, and the whole thing leaned over, making it less suitable for landscape.
I saw the taper, curves, and overall potential, and thought it well worth the $50 despite being very short on funds at the time. I have not changed my mind on that since.
The starting point photos.
So, step one; your thoughts and suggestions, please.
I'd like to try an arched raft, but I'm unlikely to have a slab big enough for that any time soon.
It could go many directions, though. 90° one way and it's a cascade; same the other for an arching informal upright; or just chop somewhere to add more taper and/or counter curves for a more traditional informal upright, or maybe even a very fat trunked formal upright in many years.
I'm interested to see if anyone sees something I don't. I can't repot until I'm certain what direction to go, but I'm in now hurry there as I have very few options of this scale anyway.
Home Depot clearance find last September. The support stick it was tied to broke, and the whole thing leaned over, making it less suitable for landscape.
I saw the taper, curves, and overall potential, and thought it well worth the $50 despite being very short on funds at the time. I have not changed my mind on that since.
The starting point photos.
So, step one; your thoughts and suggestions, please.
I'd like to try an arched raft, but I'm unlikely to have a slab big enough for that any time soon.
It could go many directions, though. 90° one way and it's a cascade; same the other for an arching informal upright; or just chop somewhere to add more taper and/or counter curves for a more traditional informal upright, or maybe even a very fat trunked formal upright in many years.
I'm interested to see if anyone sees something I don't. I can't repot until I'm certain what direction to go, but I'm in now hurry there as I have very few options of this scale anyway.