These are the growing beds which accommodate around 1500 mixed Maples . All of which are various combination’s of growing styles . Some of the combinations are root over rock ,   plaited trunks ,  fused trunks using 50 plus whips  ,  thread grafting roots to a Japanese Maples ,  twin trunk style trainers and of coarse the Trident clump styles are in the middle of the crop .Their progressing slow due to the fact that so many maples have been planted and have been sheltered a little from the sun .They were covered with 30% shade cloth for the majority of their growing time due to the fact hail storms hit quite hard in this area . All of these have been kept in check with hedge trimmers to prevent long leggy sticks with unwanted top growth . Come winter we will have a good look at all the naked trunks and to the progression from stick to stock .Cheers Alpineart

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