Banyan style Ficus "Golden Gate"

[agraham]

Age....20+ years from cutting.

First photo...2 days ago and needing a trim
Second...almost there.

 

[KennedyMarx]

What is the trimming and maintenance like?

 

[Gaitano]

This is just amazing.

 

[sam]

nice

best wishes, sam

 

[agraham]

At this stage, there's not much maintenance. I keep it watered, fertilized and protected if we have freezing weather. Once or twice a year I trim it up. It takes about an hour to trim it and a little longer to prune any twig die-back. toatal defoliation takes a lot longer.

2012
2013

 

[Poink88]

Definitely one of the best banyan style I've seen posted here. Love it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ryan820]

Stunning, thank you for sharing! I was in Maui recently and in Lanai, they had a banyan tree that took up two city blocks....it was HUGE!