I had this Pinus Sylvestris for the last 3 years and I am absolutely in love with it. It has so much character and so much potential. But because it has so much character and it not being a "traditional" styled tree I am lost in the sea of options in the way I should style it. I could perform big bends on it and possibly pot it up differently. I made some sketches of the tree but I never was happy with the result. I would love to hear some suggestions! Thank you guys.
by DifficultAd2399
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I love it. Have you thought about approach grafting some of the long whips a bit closer in to the trunk?
Jelle did a good video on it: https://youtu.be/W1EI3itBXrU?si=A0SUyjXBt8yUx-zD
I would start by wiring it all out, bring the branches down and compress in by adding movement and see where you can place branches/possible foliage pads. Bringing branches down will help induce back budding, since everything is quite long and leggy. Prune candles next year (again for back budding and to keep internodes shorter), see what back budding you get the year after, and then you’ll have a better idea what is possible to make from there. Definitely a literati is possible with the denser top, but I would not shoot for that straight away. You can always fall back to it later if nothing else is possible. Meanwhile, the other branches should add a bit of girth to the trunk.