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stronger than the other as though it has received more sunlight and nutrients

from the shared roots than the other trunk. Individual branches from either trunk
will barely grow inwards towards the other, instead they will reach outwards
towards the light and create an overall triangular silhouette. Both trees will often
form a single crown.

Lonicera nitida twin-trunk bonsai by Harry Harrington
The trunks can divide higher up the trunk in a variation of the candelabra
form (see below). In this type of twin trunk, a low branch has become strong and
vigorous enough to become a small trunk in its own right with its own apex.