Jag01 wrote:What the heck!
I have sat back and just watched since joining the forum and been hesitant to make comment on others trees, however I have come to the conclusion that there is little point on being a forum member if I am not going to contribute, so here we go.
I agree with Bougy Fan, that the present crown looks out of place with the general appearance of the tree. It is a pity that the branch that forms the crown was not positioned where the first Jin appears on the trunk, as to me that would be a better balance. As is there, there is way to much trunk length between the crown and the remainder of the foliage. I understand the hesitance to cut that branch which forms the crown off, however in its present position and attitude it adds little to the design. My option would be to either cut it off completely or try and encourage the lower left branch on that trunk to extend as long as possible to fill that gap a little. I would also be tempted to try and get a little more bend at the first bend to lower the line of descending trunk a little more.
I do believe this has the potential to be a lovely tree, however I believe you need to make some brave decisions.
Cheers,
Jeff
Weel Said Jeff
the feeling I get with the last photo, is the 2 foliage areas going in different directions. The Tail heading out and down, and the top bit going to the up and right.
Jow's sketch has it where the uppper foliage is shaped to flow to the left and thus to the and of the cascade and the lower section just starts to go everywhere. Lise is correct there in that the lower bit of that needs to either be removed or come back up to build the pad at the bottom of the cascade
Nice tree What about turning so the lower pad will come forward, and thus be closer to the trunk?
Ken
but I would remove the tail below the jin and regrow the tree from there. What grows "counter the descending motion of the trunk" grows in fact with the normal direction given by nature. Jow's sketch comes closest to the best way to go with this pine; the fact that there is a kink in the trunk will in the long run only add to the attraction of that tree. It just needs time.
