John Ruger
Shohin
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This is one of my crabapples needing a change. The only part that really has any interest is the base and lower trunk.
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I removed the wire scarred branch on the left and took a look from a bunch of different angles to see if it was worth keeping the R trunk which made the whole thing look like the letter "d".
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I decided to take it off and allow for new shoots to take its place. After the removal and the new shoots began to develop, I played around with shaping the new shoots into some different shapes. I wanted to integrate movement with the branches and new leader with the contortion of the base.
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I left it alone until this spring. I made just a few adjustments and I'll keep developing it from there.
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I removed the wire scarred branch on the left and took a look from a bunch of different angles to see if it was worth keeping the R trunk which made the whole thing look like the letter "d".
View attachment 15948
I decided to take it off and allow for new shoots to take its place. After the removal and the new shoots began to develop, I played around with shaping the new shoots into some different shapes. I wanted to integrate movement with the branches and new leader with the contortion of the base.
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I left it alone until this spring. I made just a few adjustments and I'll keep developing it from there.
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