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I am a silent stalker! He he he! Same here. They grow, root from cuttings very well, but no back budding or if any very rare. Remember what I am telling your! No back budding to talk about so style it by cutting back so you get branches where you want on time. Maybe yours is a different variety...

Just remember that nana and normal pomegranate are different. I dont allow mine to get overly long branches and cut them back to one internode and make sure there are leaves always at the end or I get die back. I have actually given up on the nana. I have tried so many ways to develop them but...

Cascade might be one of the better options for this tree. Formal upright is also an option, but consider proportions. Even FU you need to trunk chop and grow sections of the trunk to create taper. I can see the orriginal root ball is in the center of the pot. Be ware of watering! Water will run...

We used to repot all the mame and shohin at Taisho en in September. Normal after care.

Juniper pads are wired up to the last small branch, and the tip of the branch is turned up. All foliage under the pad is removed. You will need to cut some of the tertiary back so you have a completed neat shape...not any sticking out or inside. If it is a small pad, I put tertiary between...

I like No2...

Ezo is most of the time grown from seed...cuttings are very hard ...if ever... This one is from seed but I got it some time ago.

I shall just post some inspirations for you to help you decide... You have the option to trunk chop it but I am not sure you will be able to create taper soon....and heal the wound...It will take time... Here are some inspirations for you with dead wood.

We are so funny! Or at least I am. This is like a treasure hunt...waiting impatiently, to see what you got for free....;) and enjoy it with you....and wishing it was me:mad:

Here is my tiny one...he he he! Before and after.:cool:

it looks like a tree, it is a tree and I like it.

Try to do ome creative carving on the top dead wood. I use pegs to give initial direction to the branches...when they are very young it takes few days to set the initial direction.

See the comments on the previous cascade regarding the movement of the cascading branch. Your wire needs to have the same pitch and the loops need to be spaced closer...or you will break branches if you try to bend them. There needs to be a loop behind every bend. Try to give movement to the...

I like your tree a lot! Good selection of material and good execution. You have done well! Just grow the branches now, fatten them, and cut them back for taper...and dont sale it! He he he! You can make a nice shohin from it.

Basically I see many common mistakes here as with the previous cascade. You have left some branches closer to the trunk, but I am not sure if you removed some. Higher branches should be shorter than lower ones. Do not wire branches on a pad in a horizontal plane. Ones the tree is developed...

Is than a taxus? Not very sure how they are styled, but from observations...they are more like deciduous trees, in growing pattern and with chances of back budding. Nice material! I think you are trying to create more slanting tree. In that case the branches on the right should be at smaller...

Nice material! Bad wiring! You need to learn how to wire! Like the angle between the trunk and the cascading trunk. Remember cascading branch goes down>>>horizontal>>>left and right. Sort of in a step fashion in principle. Cascading branch has two trunks that are not in harmony. Cascade with...

Something I grew from a tiny cutting. Still a long way to go. Styled it today. Nice fig Dorrothy.

I have few that I have been growing for many years and lost onr due to root rot. They are treated almost the same as baobab. Come from similar climate too. Dont put it in cold place. Better warm place but dont water it...maybe ones a month or not at all. In Taiwan they chop all the roots and...

I would have prefer where the material is styled with its future as a consideration instead of for instant gratification. But I know what you mean by to find the tree within....and that is hard, and needs imagination and creativity. Vance, here it is...

My Darling, You are back! How nice of you to come and help me...did you see the thread: Where is Vance? Still I feel a lot can be learned from mistakes...and it is a step forward for many. There was a limit on the price and the time participant had to find better trees was very little. So...

Thanks Brian, You should have seen the gymnastics I had to employ to take them...I was funny looking so Oyakata was laughing at me...I have soooooo many pictures I dont think I have even seen some of them yet...but they are very useful, even for me. I made sure I get pictures of how the...

At this time dont trim anything...you need it to grow...You have assaulted it already...so let it grow and see about wiring a new leader next year. Dont trim bottom branches now. When wiring you can twist the primary branch so the secondary comes on the side. Dont trim it for now...show it...

Some time you can make 2 pads on one branch like this. Here is a pine I styled with 2 pads on the long arm...rather an arty farty style Oyakata is smiling...means he likes it. This is a big pad on which you can see the secondary and tertiary better. This is a pine but the pads are formed...

It is a very young juniper...it will back bud well. Try to reduce length on juniper branches from outside to bring the foliage closer to the trunk. Wire branches in different directions so inner foliage is not shaded and dies. Use some of the branches that are not going to be used as sacrifice...