June 2013 - bought this from a clearance sale for $10.00.
aframe Shohin Messages 433 Reaction score 575 Location Santa Cruz, CA USDA Zone 9b Oct 3, 2014 #1 June 2013 - bought this from a clearance sale for $10.00. Attachments before.jpg 205.9 KB · Views: 103 Last edited: Oct 3, 2014
aframe Shohin Messages 433 Reaction score 575 Location Santa Cruz, CA USDA Zone 9b Oct 3, 2014 #2 Initial Pruning/repot Repot in late fall. Attachments front.jpg 198.8 KB · Views: 87 back.jpg 197.4 KB · Views: 79 repot 1.jpg 196.5 KB · Views: 69 repot 2.jpg 197.6 KB · Views: 67 repot 3.jpg 202.8 KB · Views: 72 Last edited: Oct 27, 2014
aframe Shohin Messages 433 Reaction score 575 Location Santa Cruz, CA USDA Zone 9b Oct 3, 2014 #3 Trunk split detail Make a large lower branch by splitting the trunk. secured the base of the trunk with wire to avoid over splitting, raffia'ed the new branch and bent it down with a twist, parallel with the ground Attachments bend 2.jpg 187.6 KB · Views: 79 bend.jpg 187.8 KB · Views: 68 photo 1.jpg 170 KB · Views: 63 photo 2.jpg 188.1 KB · Views: 65 photo 4.jpg 189.8 KB · Views: 70 Last edited: Oct 26, 2014
Trunk split detail Make a large lower branch by splitting the trunk. secured the base of the trunk with wire to avoid over splitting, raffia'ed the new branch and bent it down with a twist, parallel with the ground
aframe Shohin Messages 433 Reaction score 575 Location Santa Cruz, CA USDA Zone 9b Oct 3, 2014 #4 April 2014; initial styling complete windswept Thuja: unsuccessful, tree is in poor health. Attachments front.jpg 187.3 KB · Views: 105 back.jpg 181.4 KB · Views: 101 Last edited: Oct 26, 2014
KennedyMarx Omono Messages 1,708 Reaction score 427 Location Indiana (Zone 6a) USDA Zone 6a Oct 3, 2014 #5 That's very sparse. I'm skeptical that it will survive. Plus they don't backbud. I'm not sure what I would have done with the material myself though.
That's very sparse. I'm skeptical that it will survive. Plus they don't backbud. I'm not sure what I would have done with the material myself though.