luvinthemountains Japanese Maple #1 (broom)

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Purchased this spring, I did not repot out of the organic soil it's in because it had already leafed out. I believe it is a standard JM, but the leaves and petioles are huge. Luckily the long internodes seem to be improving now, having had it its second, light cutback for the year. I am hopeful that next year's leaves will be better.

The previous owner grew the tree from seed, and it is about 14 years old. He had already set it up for broom style, and I decided to stick with it. I cleaned up the V cut a couple months ago, and reduced the primary branches by about half.

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