BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
First styling of a small leaved Lime tree, field grown grown nursery material.
I took a gamble with this tree, as its hard to tell if there is a good base from the website image, but instincts told me that the three thick lower branches should reveal something decent and if not then a good base could be built with those low branches in the future.
Out the box
After a look at the roots, i chose this as the front and potted it up!
Ive reduced the two apex's only slightly, ive also thought about cutting back to one, the right one has more movement. i quite like the multi trunk look though, maybe something to consider in the future..
Then i made some small adjustments in the image, reduced both apex's slightly more and the straight one has a little more movement now. i think i will keep them both, i like the multi trunk form when i see it in nature, in the future ill watch for any swelling where they fork though.
the trunk line has improved, ive removed a branch that was obscuring the base and the one at the front that was causing some slight swelling.
Front
Slight rotation shows the depth now
Looking at the tree further, im also seeing this as an option. no rush though, just a thought.
I think im also going to bring the two lower branches in closer, im waiting to see where ill get some back budding further down each one, maybe the low fat one will be removed and the one above cut back quite hard, regrown for taper and ramification, while filling back in to the current image.
Tilia cordata is a species of Tilia native to much of Europe, from Britain through central Scandinavia, to central Russia, and south to central Spain, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, the Caucasus, and western Asia
I took a gamble with this tree, as its hard to tell if there is a good base from the website image, but instincts told me that the three thick lower branches should reveal something decent and if not then a good base could be built with those low branches in the future.
Out the box
After a look at the roots, i chose this as the front and potted it up!
Ive reduced the two apex's only slightly, ive also thought about cutting back to one, the right one has more movement. i quite like the multi trunk look though, maybe something to consider in the future..
Then i made some small adjustments in the image, reduced both apex's slightly more and the straight one has a little more movement now. i think i will keep them both, i like the multi trunk form when i see it in nature, in the future ill watch for any swelling where they fork though.
the trunk line has improved, ive removed a branch that was obscuring the base and the one at the front that was causing some slight swelling.
Front
Slight rotation shows the depth now
Looking at the tree further, im also seeing this as an option. no rush though, just a thought.
I think im also going to bring the two lower branches in closer, im waiting to see where ill get some back budding further down each one, maybe the low fat one will be removed and the one above cut back quite hard, regrown for taper and ramification, while filling back in to the current image.
Tilia cordata is a species of Tilia native to much of Europe, from Britain through central Scandinavia, to central Russia, and south to central Spain, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, the Caucasus, and western Asia
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