This week’s photo essay features three young plants in development, a Winter Hazel and two Chojubai.
A young Winter Hazel, left to grow all year. About 13 years old. Still building information into the trunks and branches by wiring and pruning.
Faisal wiring the Winter Hazelin a Seasonal session.
A single yellow flower bud contrasts with three shoot buds below it, which are tiny, dark and reddish.
The pruned and wired Winter Hazel set up for next year’s growth. We left some upper shoots long to increase trunk diameter, pruning back others to keep them skinnier. This Winter Hazel alsoappeared on the blog in 2018.
Chojubai in development, 9 years old.
Fall trim complete. Leaf removal helped see the structure, and what should be trimmed. Shoots were left one or two internodes longer than on a developed tree, to build branches.
Another Chojubai in development, also 9 years old…
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