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Here's an update on the Larch.

It was relatively warm and the buds started leafing out in autumn. Not good. When it got colder, the new foliage died off:

At this time I dedided to wire it. The plan was to bend the the trunk down. I used a bender for that, but quickly noticed that was making dents. I removed it.
Also, I figured that the foliage actually was too far from the trunk. When I would bend the trunk as planned, it would not be possible to get it above the base of the trunk. So, I decided to change the plan. I wired a branch that will go to the right, and used a guy wire to pull the top to the left.. I still plan to bend the trunk down, but the top will now be above the base.

Yes, I know the wiring looks ugly. It was cold outside, OK?


I was a bit worried about the buds - but at the beginning of spring I found that in the center of the died off foliage, new green appeared.
Now, the plant is doing pretty well:



Next step will again be to bend the trunk down. That's going to require more and more careful work. I 'll need to use raffia and thick wire.
Next update will probably be next year.

Wow. Did you realize how badly you wired this tree?


Looks like a long term project there! It feels like it is time to drop in on your garden.

leatherback wrote: Wow. Did you realize how badly you wired this tree?

No? I thought I did this pretty professionally!
It was cold OK, now leave me alone!

Looks like a long term project there! It feels like it is time to drop in on your garden.

Certainly a long term project. I can see what I want it to look like in the future, but yeah, that'll take many steps and a lot of time.
I'll post some more pictures of my collection in your other thread. Not sure if you still want to visit my currently rather messy garden after that

Update:

It died last year.

Auk wrote: Update:

It died last year.

:ohmy:

So sorry, a pity indeed.