Wiring

Wiring and styling of a Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia). ...

This Acer palmatum var. dissectum ‘Tamukeyama’ was ready for a major styling. I cut back the branches to develop a more compact silhouette and improve ramification closer to the trunk. The wheeping branches were wired upwards. New branches will be grafted in spring. ...

Early March I wired this small aspen. This species can produce really short internodes. April 20th, it starts to grow. May 31 The tree grew vigourously and the wire already bit into the trunk. I must remove it and some scars will last a long time. ...

Spring is a good time to work on larches, as they tend be rather full when they wear their dense foliage. Here is the tree coming out of cold storage First I cut the trunk section above a small branch that I raised last year to become the new apex. A few branches were wired and the banch junctions are reduced to two. After styling ...

I started this Japanese Black Pine from a seed 8 years ago. This tree is becoming too dense and the time has come to make some corrections. First, needles on top and bottom of the branches are plucked. Needles on the sacrifice branches are also removed to let air and light reach the inside of the tree. Branches are wired downwards. ...

This hawthorn was repotted and defoliated last year. It is ramifying but still remains early in its development. Only a few branches are cut and repositioned using wire. The hook technique A wire can be anchored using a hook instead of wiring to anoher branch. 3 branches junction A branch is removed to eliminate a three-branch junction. ...