✳️ AT Workshop - May 31, 2025
Purchased
12 yr (2012) Korean Hornbeam
Ready to style, this tall, nice aged bark, no scars
Was repotted a few weeks ago
Come up with a design
To stimulate more ramification, can remove 2 end leaves on each branch. Sufficient stimulation.
Build ramification. Partial defoliating outer leaves, remove long leggy internode new growth on top
Of lower branches are not as thick as I desire, then let grow longer, don’t worry about ramification, and reduce more top foliage—not too much.
Save branch work until later
Lower upright branch—too high as a dual trunk, but can if desired
Remove or make a lower branch, upwards then outward
Good to show in a year or two in a shallow pot for the narrow trunk and height
Will show fully defoliated, so branches are most important
Live with it and make a decision
Front is best with secondary trunk in front, don’t hide it. Deciduous must be intentional.
Revisit Mame Silverberry
Defoliated in April. Fully leafed out.
Leaves still too big.
Adam reduced leaf area partially
Trident Forest Defoliation
Trim back elongated new growth.
Growth too strong, need to slow down some
Will increase ramification
Redwood Maintenance
Repeatedly shape prune to a profile
Once it has filled out, then be selective on branches
Continue to prune or pinch to shape
Fertilizing, Made Simple
Use organic
Anything that has 3 very similar numbers