fredtruck

Thanks.

Currently, I have no pictures of the top of the canopy, but in a week or so I should be able to get one taken.

This tree is a graft. The whole trunk is a standard, and all the branches, though done in one piece, are grafted on to it. Usually the scion is Japanese Black Pine, but I really don't know what the scion is here.

My goals for the next five years? Well, I need to keep working on the backbudding, so that I can keep the tree to a manageable size. It is also a challenge to keep the canopy open to sunlight. That means a lot of wiring, but because this tree grows very fast, I've discovered that the wire needs to come off every 4 months, so I have to pay attention.

The nebari need work. There are some surface roots that have promise, and still others that may need to be moved up or down, depending. Most are still covered for development.

So, my goals are refinement, refinement, refinement.

Thanks so much for asking!