0soyoung
Imperial Masterpiece
Yes, indeed.
These got mowed down to be the root stock to which cultivar was to be grafted. They ran out of scions and yadda, yadda, yadda.
Yes, indeed.
So, is the the "flat top" style a natural look for the bald cypress?
Do they grow that way in nature?
Most of the ones I see are triangles, point up....but I don't know if they are mature trees....
I guess it depends on its location and what's right around it blocking sunlight, huh?
I'm thinking that a flat top style might be more likely to happen in an area where there are many trees all competing for light.....so they grow tall and spread out up top....?
What do you think?
So, this is a dwarf cultivar of T. distichum and will likely be grafted.Mine is from the same nursery but original label says
Lindsay Skyward #5 Taxodium
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Wow, nice..
... yup.
Very interesting!You ought to research chopping the trunk back. It is obvious the tree is capable of a lot of growth you should look into getting it to grow how you want it to. Chopping back near the end of a growing season often helps in giving bulk to the trunk which is what you need.
That's why I said to research the tree, most of the time you're right but there are some trees if you do that you wind up with a tree that is a very tall with a fat ass tree and nothing between the base and the top. Sometimes you have to let the trunk thicken at the base then chop the tree down and repeat the process to assure when you get the fat trunk you have upper branches to work with.Very interesting!
I always thought that simply allowing it to run was the best way to thicken...
Yeah, that's a good point.... I will do some research tonight, maybe I should chop...That's why I said to research the tree, most of the time you're right but there are some trees if you do that you wind up with a tree that is a very tall with a fat ass tree and nothing between the base and the top. Sometimes you have to let the trunk thicken at the base then chop the tree down and repeat the process to assure when you get the fat trunk you have upper branches to work with.