This is kind of a carry on from another one of my posts.
The tree I worked on today is a Japanese Maple. It is Acer Palmatum Coonara Pygmy.
Front
Side 1
Side 2
Above is the tree prior to pruning.
I found quite a few branches that needed to be repositioned and a few more which had too many shoots at one junction. These were all cleaned up and wired loosely (to reduce scarring) as required.
Some branches had to be removed all together - a difficult choice now but there were smaller advantageous shoots which would lead to a better tree and much better winter silhouette a few years from now.
The apex was too far forward and as such, I pruned the apex down in favor of a new apex further back. In time the current apex will be reduced and pushed back while the new apex is allowed to grow higher and stronger.
I look forward to exposing some of the Nebari this winter. As this tree was an air layer I am confident that I will have some very workable material under the soil.
Front part way done.
Above you can see that the tree is now much more open. More light and wind can now penetrate which will hopefully activate some buds further back in the areas that I need.
Finished for the day:
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Thanks for reading.
Kind regards,
Mo
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this one got knocked off its stand and copped some serious die back. Here's hoping whats left makes it through... 
