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Out of the Box

There is a process at work here: Every year in spring the tree is cut back hard, then allowed to grow unrestrained for a year. Out of the new growth some new possibility might present itself, or some previous idea could be undone by what happens in the course of a year of unrestrained growth. Flexibility is necessary; the tree has some say in what it will ultimately look like.

Care, Tree StoriesJournal EntryMay 6, 2022spring 2022

Collecting a Field-Grown Maple

The Arboretum's collection has quite a few nice little trees with big, impressive trunks, and many of them were produced right here. How was it done? In-ground growing is the answer. Over the past 25 years or so, I've been refining my technique for producing small trees with large trunks. The new video presented here demonstrates part of the process.

Care, Tree StoriesJournal EntryApril 8, 2022spring 2022, year 1Comment