sweetgum

[Dave E]

wanted to show my recent purchase.i've been trying to get some better material thats further along in development and i've had an interest in sweetgum i found this with some good movement and at a good price and i jumped on it.

my thought is to chop it a couple inches past the last bend.
i'd be interested in hearing any design suggestions.
the first pic is what i see as the front.

 

[aml1014]

Nice tree, and I agree on your choice of front.
There is a small branch on the long top portion that looks perfect to chop to, that apex goes WAAAYYYY out there you gotta bring it back.

Aaron

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Ziggy and zaggy. One day I might pick up a sweetgum, almost to torture out of spite for the messy full-sized version.

 

[ColinFraser]

Cool. There are two common species, and this looks like Orientalis (the Mediterranean one).

From your chosen front, it looks like the upper trunk recedes away into the background. If so, maybe you can mitigate that with a change in planting angle . . .

 

[ColinFraser]

Ziggy and zaggy. One day I might pick up a sweetgum, almost to torture out of spite for the messy full-sized version.

Hahah, like a bonsai voodoo doll! Stick a pin through its spiky-balled little heart
Make sure you get Liquidambar styraciflua though; that's the greater offender.

 

[Dave E]

From your chosen front, it looks like the upper trunk recedes away into the background

yeah thats kinda the trade off there
the whole tree leans back so like you said i would have to change the planting angle.
for now i'm gonna look at it for a while-maybe i'll see something different

 

[JoeR]

I saw that tree on the page and you really did get a good deal.

I've been collecting them too, heres one I collected yesterday-


As always, pictures do no justice.