Chamaecyparis pisiferia boulevard

NJF

I've had this tree in training now for about 4 years, it was rescued from my garden after I moved in, it was not in the best of health. I've re-styled it several times and it now seems very healthy with strong growth every year. I like it, but feel it needs further development and I am unsure which direction to go. Any comments ideas would be welcome.

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BarbaraM

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mistermoyogi

I agree with Barbara...I can say that after many years of working with this species that it is important to be diligent about pruning the interior portions of the tree during the growing season - i dieback can occur in areas of heavy growth and is not good because the species is reluctant to bud back, at least in my experience. Good luck and keep us posted...

Best regards,
Tom

NJF

Thanks Barbara and Mistermoyogi.

Barabara, how lucky you are to live in the Sierra Mountains, I haven't been to Yosemite since 97.

I know what you mean about the pom pom look and have started to address this over winter. Am I write in thinking, remove all growth on the under side of the branches? I have also experienced the die back problem which has contributed to the bent branch styling. I had to foreshorten the branches as it looked spindly before.

I have put some more photos up, one of a photoshop re-style I did and one of a close up of the trunk. I seem to be having problems getting images up on here that are defined enough. As a photographer I find 75KB extremely small and I am having to drastically reduce my photos size.

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mistermoyogi

I have had to do a lot of branch re-bending re-shaping over the years as well...

Regards,
Tom

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BarbaraM

NJF,
How about repositioning the branch in front so that the viewers eye is not interrupted as they travel up the trunk. I want to see the movement hidden behind the pad. Yes, trim growth on the underside of pads. Any other species specific info I will refer to others like MisterMoyogi.

I definately feel lucky to live in the Sierras. As the vulture flies Yosemite is 10 miles from my house. Of course I have to battle deer in my garden, and snow. They are good problems to have.

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MattO

Yes, that is a good bit of advice - its a bit of an eyepoker....

NJF

Thanks all, I shall have a look at this eye poker later and see where else I can poke it. I'll poke the results up here next week

NJF

I've poked the eye poker elsewhere, up to the left. The pom pom foliage pads have also had a bit of a seeing to. Moving the eye poker did reveal a lack of movement in the trunk, so as you can see the tree is somewhat clad in 3.5mm wire to hold the bends I made which further emphasis the movement which was already there. The trunk does taper OK, it's just my uneven wiring which makes it look odd. I certainly don't think I'll be winning any prizes for neat wiring any time soon. This tree obviously still needs to evolve and I shall be carrying out further work on the pads throughout the year. Just thought I'd get some feed back to see if all you experts think I'm moving in the right direction. Hope the photo is clear enough.

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