hard pruning

Someone in my neighbourhood had dug up a hedge of lingustrum/privets. The base is thick, and I definetly see potential if it survives some heavy pruning, which privets usually do. Plan is to remove all but two trunks in the spring, and create a double trunk styled tree. I will also prune these...

This old Hornbeam was collected a couple of years ago from the mountains and grew well from the previous owner. But what I don't like about it is the apex, it doesn't have any taper and it has a lot of scars . That's why I wanted to rerbuild the apex it this year. In the photo, I noted the...

Hi, I am new to this forum so please forgive me if it is inappropriate to post here. I have bought an "olive bonsai" online this october. It was nothing closer to how it looks like at website. But i kept it. It is very tall and weak. So i thought hard pruning could make it stronger. But I am...

I am pretty new to pines and would greatly appreciate some advice and help with a game plan for this tree. It is a grafted Miyajima, jwp supposedly 9-10 + yr out. I purchased it on ebay last spring. I potted into this pond basket right after I received it, as it was shipped without a pot. It had...