thomas22
Chumono
My dad had this tree for 25 years and never did anything with it. I had it for 9 years and never did anything with it. It was probably because the tree was just bad and no obvious direction to take the tree. It did have nice dead wood but all the foliage was to the side and way above the deadwood. About 2 years ago I decided to detach the live vein from the dead wood and bend down and around to frame the deadwood. I actually detached the vein 2 years ago but just fully wire the tree in the last week. Still has a long way to go but I am pretty happy with it. The back looks a little funny but I'm not too worried about it. I post pics of the back in a little while.