Multi-trunk planting

namnhi

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Lately, I started to like multi-trunk planting much more than single. I did plant quite a few tridents as a group. I have a 2, 3 and 5 trees groups. My question for you is do you plant them really close to each other from the start or do you actually plant them a bit a part so that when their trunks big enough for a pot and the base started to fuse? Some of the ones I did earlier has the trunks fused a bit too high to my liking. Will post some pics when I have a chance. Am sure someone will say 'It depends...'.
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Love multi trunks...clumps and rafts. If they started to fuse...could they be classified as a clump style then? Looking forward to seeing them.

I think Judy gave great direction on planting a grouping.
 

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Here is the problem child. I intervene a little too late. I afraid they will fuse together in a few years.
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Here are a few I got going...
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Five trunks Korean hornbeam
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How about using a wooden triangular wedge, and some rubbers to preserve the bark, to drive them apart? Push it down a few millimeters every month. Maybe that would help better than a pebble, which seems hard to maneuver.
 
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