Advice on styling nursery stock callistemon
Posted: April 14th, 2019, 9:27 am
I haven't cut a single leaf or branch on this. Ignore the wiring, ignore the pot etc. etc. I am just trying to decide what I am working towards and would appreciate any suggestions.
It is still sitting in a plastic nursery pot, I have it in the larger pot so I can play around with what the final placement might look like. The twin trunks are still thin enough that I can get pretty much any shape out of them. Still just playing around with shape and any wire currently on the trunk is just to support the wire on the branches while I play with the shape, not to hold the trunk in place.
I'm not thinking of putting it in a tiny pot yet. I just want to sort out general direction and then getting some shape into the trunks while they are still small and flexible enough.
Here's what it looks like now:
First option I was thinking was a windswept style like this. Maybe I would rotate it a little so it didn't sit below the line of the pot surface.
Second option was my original plan which would also be a windswept style (note, please ignore current leaf / branch placement, I would wire them so they were all going towards the same direction), but it would involve rotating the base of the tree and be more elongated and less brushy.
Any thoughts, suggestions, completely different ideas are all appreciated. Thanks!
It is still sitting in a plastic nursery pot, I have it in the larger pot so I can play around with what the final placement might look like. The twin trunks are still thin enough that I can get pretty much any shape out of them. Still just playing around with shape and any wire currently on the trunk is just to support the wire on the branches while I play with the shape, not to hold the trunk in place.
I'm not thinking of putting it in a tiny pot yet. I just want to sort out general direction and then getting some shape into the trunks while they are still small and flexible enough.
Here's what it looks like now:
First option I was thinking was a windswept style like this. Maybe I would rotate it a little so it didn't sit below the line of the pot surface.
Second option was my original plan which would also be a windswept style (note, please ignore current leaf / branch placement, I would wire them so they were all going towards the same direction), but it would involve rotating the base of the tree and be more elongated and less brushy.
Any thoughts, suggestions, completely different ideas are all appreciated. Thanks!