Cjr Crataegus aestivalis #10

[Cajunrider]

Collected Fall 2022 and put in a grow bed.
Moved to bus tub April 2023
First styling 2023 06 07
Before



Tried the twin trunk style and it did not look good so the lower trunk was chopped. The result was a nice tapered trunk with good movement. The top was carved and branches wired but I don’t necessarily like the apex yet. We have a way to go there.

 

[Cajunrider]

I don't know how it will take, if at all, to heal the scar from cutting off the big low branch but I had to take it off. The tree was laid down and that branch grew out near the bottom then shot straight up 10 ft high. I chopped it short at collection time. I looked and tried to find ways to incorporate that branch into the tree design but did not find anything appealing so off it went. I am pleased with the cut. I guess the scar will have to be featured into the look of the tree.

 

[namnhi]

Collected Fall 2022 and put in a grow bed.
Moved to bus tub April 2023
First styling 2023 06 07
Before
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Tried the twin trunk style and it did not look good so the lower trunk was chopped. The result was a nice tapered trunk with good movement. The top was carved and branches wired but I don’t necessarily like the apex yet. We have a way to go there.
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I really like this one Uncle.

 

[Cajunrider]

I really like this one Uncle.

You will like it even more when I move it out of the tub into a pot. There is a pretty big base underneath.