I’ve found that my coast redwood is one of the fastest growing trees in the garden. After cutting the tree back in July, it was completely full again by October.
Coast redwood – 3 months after cutback
I cut back again, reducing the long shoots to about half and removing unnecessary shoots.
After cutback
I then wired the remaining branches to bend them down and add movement.
After wiring
The basic process of wiring and cutback yields lots of back buds – will share the progress to date later this week.
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Mark says
“I’ve found that my coast redwood is one of the fastest growing trees in the garden.”
Seriously? That’s strange, because in nature, they’re one of the slowest ones.
paul3636 says
I found that rabbits love young tender redwood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!