Liquidambar work
Posted: May 18th, 2022, 6:56 pm
This is a L. s. ''Jennifer Carroll'' Not dwarf but a compact growing variety. Supposedly selected in Australia?
This one was grown from a root cutting and planted in the ground for a couple of years. Probably about 15 or 18 years old.
I defoliate at least once/year, sometimes twice.
It gets a good mix of colours which I personally prefer Liquidambars to have rather than all red.
The leaves have the potential to reduce quite a lot!...
After cutting the leaves off...
The apex of the tree (marked with the arrow) poses a BIG problem. It is situated way too forward. Completely unusable as it is.
A new apex is needed and this part I had to keep as a front branch...
But it could not be moved and was too heavy so I carved the crap out of it..
..And used 2 guy wires to pull it back and up.....
That was the hard part. I'll spare you the other details which are pretty self-explanatory..
This tree should end up about 1/3 of it's current height higher, but will take another <>20 years to get there. Work for someone else....
This one was grown from a root cutting and planted in the ground for a couple of years. Probably about 15 or 18 years old.
I defoliate at least once/year, sometimes twice.
It gets a good mix of colours which I personally prefer Liquidambars to have rather than all red.
The leaves have the potential to reduce quite a lot!...
After cutting the leaves off...
The apex of the tree (marked with the arrow) poses a BIG problem. It is situated way too forward. Completely unusable as it is.
A new apex is needed and this part I had to keep as a front branch...
But it could not be moved and was too heavy so I carved the crap out of it..
..And used 2 guy wires to pull it back and up.....
That was the hard part. I'll spare you the other details which are pretty self-explanatory..
This tree should end up about 1/3 of it's current height higher, but will take another <>20 years to get there. Work for someone else....