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Styling an The styled tree

upright maple

Deciduous trees take years to develop: a cycle of growing
out, then pruning back hard introduces thickness, taper,
and natural changes of direction. It can be daunting, but

on this maple you can see how the initial styling is done.

Assess your tree
Look for interesting lines: they may already exist, Ignore the tips of long,
or they can be created by the removal of undesirable leggy branches and
consider the position,
lines. This ‘Deshojo’ maple has two strong lines angle, and thickness of
coming from a central point that creates the node on the lower The strongest line
part of the branch
a twin trunk feel—a typical feature in the apex moves
to the right, away
of deciduous trees—even though it from the second
is halfway up the tree. trunk on the left

Field-grown material
like this maple should
be undercut every
other year (as this tree
has been) to develop
The second “trunk” has a compact roots, and
couple of strong branches roughly branch pruned
that have only a few
secondary shoots at regular intervals. It
has grown freely in the
The nebari is very well balanced for
a tree of this heritage; always check pot for 18 months to put
before purchase or starting work on roots and allow the
branches to thicken.