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I have this ligustrum 5-6 years old, and it's going to get an extreme makeover. It is over 2 metres tall, with all those possible trunks going up having girth of about 10 cm, so the diameter should be about 3.18 cm. It's my first time working on a tree, so I have some doubts.
1. Considering recommendations pruning, wiring, potting and root pruning shouldn't be done at the same time, and it's fall, I was thinking this way: dig it up in the late fall, cut it back to the desired height, remove no branches from the left structure, pot it and leave it like that until spring, when I would prune it further and wire it. Please correct my wrong turns Then again, as it is this tall, it doesn't have much branches to do with down the tree, so it will probably skip the coming spring's training.
2. If you have an idea of which way the training should go, do share. I've watched some videos on working on very similar ligustrum trunks and I have a one or two of my own, but I'd appreciate experienced people's advice on how should a beginner approach this specimen.

You could dig that one up and make it a multiTrunk.. theoretically
I personally would for this one however consider air layering one or two of them to make into bonsai.

I'm going to disagree with Graph *). Airlayering would leave you with one or more plants with very straight, not tapering, uninteresting trunks.

I wouldn't dig it up either. I don't have experience with this type of material, I don't find it too interesting (I wouldn't know where to start - so it says more about me than about the material).

What I would try is cut down the trunks. Select the ones that are the most interesting, remove what you don't need, create some space. From the photo (which is 2d, not 3d, so quite hard to assess), I would keep the fat trunk on the left and the right one, and remove the middle one. Keep one or more of the other trunks at the back (yes, I would go for a clump style). Don't cut them down to the same height, the thicker the trunk the higher you cut it. Do not remove lower branches from the trunk, let them grow freely to get more tapering. Then leave it in the ground for another year and evaluate after that year.

*) Not disagreeing for the sake of disagreeing, but because this is a forum where we discuss things and try to find the best idea - which is not necessarily mine.

Not sure if you've seen this page yet, it may give you some ideas:



Much older material, but I guess you're not going to wait 34 years
Still your material is maybe a bit too young.

I have seen the article before, and these trunks are about the same size and look as mine, perhaps my photographs don't show it to you right. The diameter of the trunk is way thicker at the bottom, I measured those skinny extensions. Ligustrum don't taper at this stage well,when it's not a seedling and it's usually done by carving, like in the article. Your advice is very helpful and I'd like going that way, but concerning not digging up I need an answer - shouldn't roots be pruned also when pruning the plant heavily?

No need for root pruning.

Nikola990 wrote: I have seen the article before, and these trunks are about the same size and look as mine, perhaps my photographs don't show it to you right.

I see.

Ligustrum don't taper at this stage well

True, and that's why I'd prefer clump style over air layering.

shouldn't roots be pruned also when pruning the plant heavily?

What LB said.

Great, thank you very much. I was concerned because I've read somewhere it needs balance. I would like your opinion on one more thing. I have this wild plum (s) , growing around in my garden, as descendants of some blue plum fruit plants I had, but took it out cause they were too old in one moment. These things taper great and the thickness they achieve in a season, from skinny 30 cm seedling to a height of 2.5 m and a girth of 7 cm, is amazing. Here's my dilemma: what should I do with these? Here are 3 trunks, about the same girth of 7 cm, tall about 2.5 metres. Normally, I would let it grow further, but the thing is, it's on a bad spot, next to the neighbours fence, and in tight space 3 of them, so I was thinking of replanting. Now, I'm not sure if I should do that, because together with that height, they could resist winds, but alone, seems to me they would snap or get out of the pot. So maybe I could go shohin with these ones? What do you think?

As I have no comparison for the size of the leaves, I would presume they are fairly big, that being my comment. but apart from that, I am not one to really comment on it as I have never worked with a plum of any kind .

Leaves are about the size of ligustrum's for 2/3 of the season. Fully grown, ligustrum leaves it behind and then they're smaller