I dug this piece out of a pomegranate clump a month ago. I'd planted the pomegranate 25 years ago as a fruit tree, but the location was terrible so it never thrived or produced much fruit. Mostly it was left to fend for itself until I recently decided to remove it. That's when I saw some potential in this particular piece as a sort of elevated forest/raft. Not really sure of the exact technical term for this style. I haven't tried my hand at designing a deciduous tree before, so this is an experiment for me.
Anyway, one of the trunks seems considerably weaker than the others. It's pushing a few high buds, but so far is nowhere near as vigorous. Should I remove it and have a 'taboo' even number of trunks + more negative space down low, or try to save it and hope it gains vigor? Thoughts on the styling direction are welcome.
Current state:
Keeping all trunks
Remove the weak trunk:
Anyway, one of the trunks seems considerably weaker than the others. It's pushing a few high buds, but so far is nowhere near as vigorous. Should I remove it and have a 'taboo' even number of trunks + more negative space down low, or try to save it and hope it gains vigor? Thoughts on the styling direction are welcome.
Current state:
Keeping all trunks
Remove the weak trunk: