Styling/development help with Mr. Thuja

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Fun shot with #2.

 

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Fun shot with #2. View attachment 410168

Looks better in shadow!

 

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Shadow puppetry a few beers in

 

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Probably last pic before this goes into the ground or grow pot.
Not sure what to put it in.
I have a large Mica drum pot or pond baskets, my only concern with putting it in the ground is that it is small and could see it getting beat up by whatever.
Any suggestions? I suppose I could make up another wood box.

 

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Thuja #2

 

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Starting to perk up in the greenhouse.
Made some small adjustments and added some finer wiring.

 

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Just a update. A bit of wire to pull down some branches. A pinch of pruning.
View attachment 326676
I think this multi trunk is going broom.

Out of winter storage

Update on thuja #1
A repot and some new wires. View attachment 366256

Here we are today, out of its winter storage. Once again it is a helmet dome of foliage.
I’m looking for sub trunks or branches to remove.

 

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Did some thinning/pruning on a couple Thuja today.
The “little giant.”and the collected recycling bin, big thuja. I want to continue some carving work on this one.

 

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The Hetz Midget has been unwired, (mostly)
Trimmed, and primped to go to the MN state fair exhibit.

 

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Root spread is improving on the little giant.
It will need a repot next spring. This pot is held together by the guy wires. I plan on reducing the canopy considerably as well.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Looking great!!! Gaining much "age".

Have you tried rubbing that bark between your fingers and gently removing it? I bet there is sexy, red, "new bark", hiding gloriously beneath. (Obviously if the bark doesn't "want" to go, no good comes from forcing it's 'comfort zone')

 

[Eckhoffw]

Looking great!!! Gaining much "age".

Have you tried rubbing that bark between your fingers and gently removing it? I bet there is sexy, red, "new bark", hiding gloriously beneath. (Obviously if the bark doesn't "want" to go, no good comes from forcing it's 'comfort zone')

Thanks. Yeah it’s tempting to peel the bark off, and I do peal it at times. I also like seeing it shaggy loose bark before it falls off.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Thanks. Yeah it’s tempting to peel the bark off, and I do peal it at times. I also like seeing it shaggy loose bark before it falls off.

Agreed! It:s a tightrope walk of what type of "age" you like!

 

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A little clean-up on thija #2 getting a little more aged looking.

 

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Spring photo update. I thought about integrating this solid surface piece with some ground cover and accent plants to make a companion landscape.

 

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Cleaned some dead foliage from thuja #2 today.
Slow going, but I think it has gotten more interesting.
I’ll be reporting this one next spring.

 

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This one needs a heavy cut back. The trunk is looking older but is way to thin/small to allow this big of a tree.

I’m wondering how to go about cutting back fairly hard. Canopy is pretty full but the interior shoots/foliage is dying back.
What’s the best method for ‘chasing back the foliage in this situation?



I kind of thought it would be funny -or at least amusing to style it such like it’s a bald man head.

 

[Jrmcmich]

I’m wondering how to go about cutting back fairly hard. Canopy is pretty full but the interior shoots/foliage is dying back.
What’s the best method for ‘chasing back the foliage in this situation?

This is for a Hinoki but seems similar in aspects so assume it could apply. I watched this prior to thinning out a Hinoki I got this summer and tried to follow suit. So far has been healthy

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