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MasonC wrote:thanx jamie. i have never done a windswept style before because i really dont like the look of them. this is just my opinion.

fair enough mate, you were asking for ideas and advice, was just given you my thoughts. all good little bro. so what ideas have you got for it? cause its also possible to wire that long leg up and make it an informal upright

i was thinking of that aswell but the trunk can't really bend that way. i have decided to style it as a cascade but will leave some of the branches for my original thought incase all goes bad. will post a pic after wiring shortly.

yo mase i'll do ya 1 better. heres one i styled early autumn. the windie branch goin down is the future leader the thicker, straighter one is only sacrafice to be jinned eventually.

MasonC wrote:my mum wants me to create a cascade aswell. but it has no real branches on the long part of the trunk

If it has no branches for a cascade what branches has it got? There are many designs of Cascade. Unfortunately I am no virtuoso,
of the Virtuals so nothing there unless I post some of mine which I am loath to do .
As it is your thread. Pup

all the buds on the trunk are future branches. get rid of what grows on top and bottom of the trunk and alternate side ones where you think you will bend. cut the bud at the end of the trunk and watch the branches grow. (im sure examples of the real thing will be fine in this particular case:D)

Mason, if i have ever seen a tree crying out to be a semi cascade this is it.Here is a tree that is a semi cascade, a juniper i know, but you get the idea. Hope this helps

hey thanx for all this advice. here is the plant after its first style. the first picture is it now and the second is what i was originaly going to do. it still needs a fair bit of pruning and pinching but you get the idea.

that is one nice semi cascade bodhi. i like this idea to there is another option for you mase

what do you mean jamie

bodhi's semi cascade is nice, you could go along those lines to, thats what i am saying mate

oh right. thanx

good start mase you're on ya way!

ummmmmmmmmmmmm bod thats what im talkn about! nice mate.

thanx guys

Here are a couple more alternatives. As others have posted I thought you would not mind a couple more. As I said some alternatves.
Pup