An update on this DR. Pic 1 is where I left it last year after repot. Pic 7 is today after repot. The intermediate images show you how much root mass this species can produce.
Last night I decided to chop off the top (almost 3ft from two leaders) to resolve the knuckle from two existing branches and the two leaders that grew after I airlayered the top off 1.5 – 2 years ago.
I’ve decided the front now – it’s the view from the corner of the Anderson flat in the last image which gives a full-on view of the base of the tree. Unfortunately the leader I retained grows straight toward the viewer so it’s not quite ideal. See image 7. (Note that the lens aberrations make it look like the top is heavier than it is.)
I don’t know what the final style is going to be but it reminds me of features commonly seen with bald cypress – see the last two images (gathered from the internet). Perhaps it lends itself to a windswept, collapsed core. There’s just no way this particular material conforms to traditional Japanese styling.
Inspired ideas welcome.
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