Spiraea Prunifolia (Bridal Wreath Spiraea) #105

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Collected this past fall... put it in a grow box and let it recover. Didnt know if it would live but it did so... now here it is. It will not close cuts easily so larger chops and cuts will most likely need to be hidden by foliage. Did some minor structural work and wiring today.

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After:


Better view/ background:


Need thoughts... do I take out the front left "trunk"???. Some more views:

 

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Leafing out. Will need to remove wire soon.

 

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This thing is nuts. Need to thin out, branch select.

 

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Thinned out a bit last night... Still needs more work. So many tiny leaves..





Do I remove the red trunk and chop back on the other branch?????

 

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Before and after. In flower now. Looks good. Working on Pad development.

Before


After

 

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Worked on this through the afternoon. Some snippy snippy and light wire added. I took out the front branch. Unfortunately, the one behind it appears dead so... might have a deadwood feature or simply remove it.




The planting gets a lot of suckers around back. Next year Ill likely repot and reduce the root mass a bit.


Main apex is still a work in progress.