Ugly trees.

I just want to know what is going on with the wire on the tree(s) in the background.
It's just a baby bougie swinging on the strong, burly arms of his father while the mom takes a selfie in the foreground. One happy family. Sometimes life is good for the bougie-oisie.
 
I have two. First two I ever owned. Socially acceptable beauty may never be in their IMG_20180627_175346805.jpgIMG_20180627_175203177.jpgfuture, but we've been through a lot together.
 
I know, it's a love/hate relationship with them.
It's just never had a meaningful growth season for any of the three that I've had it. It was an impulse WalMart "rescue plant". This is the second season in that pot, so I'd be excited for some vigorous growth.
 
It's just never had a meaningful growth season for any of the three that I've had it. It was an impulse WalMart "rescue plant". This is the second season in that pot, so I'd be excited for some vigorous growth.
I understand. Mine was a HD "I'm sick of winter" impulse buy. It's quite happy right now, but that could change any minute.
 
I understand. Mine was a HD "I'm sick of winter" impulse buy. It's quite happy right now, but that could change any minute.
Got any particular care tips for me? I'll take "quite happy" over "limping along " any day.
 
Got any particular care tips for me? I'll take "quite happy" over "limping along " any day.
I may be jinxing myself here, but it's on the east side of my house, gets morning sun, shaded in the afternoon. I repotted it from the fluffy soil with the peace rock. I don't water until it's a bit dry, but not completely. I try not to look at it directly and curtsy in front of it. ;)
 
It might be having a bit of a temper tantrum because I cut through its trunk with a saw yesterday. However, I’ve saved it from a life of obscurity, so hopefully it will cheer up. It had previously been destined to grow forever in the shadow of the much larger evergreen tree that it sprouted beneath. Now it has a chance to experience the sunshine unfiltered.
New and improved! The ugly mulberry is now even uglier than before. I partially defoliated in order to reduce transpiration demand because the root system of the air layer was not as extensive as I’d thought and I was starting to see wilting on the branches.
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That is pretty much the whole package right there. The only mitigation to the ugliness is the green in the pot harmonizing w the color of the bark. So close to perfection, alas.
 
I took this tree to an experienced practitioner back in 2021. When asked how to style it he said, “it does not speak to me.”
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You disgust me.
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Carving out areas of swelling.
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Foliage is nice.
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