This year’s work on a Japanese plum didn’t involve much more than minor cutback and repotting. Daisaku Nomoto trimmed the branches and I repotted the tree in the same pot. Japanese plum – before After minor cutback and repotting When I reviewed the photos from the work, I was struck by how different the feeling […]
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Japanese plum cutback
My Japanese plum has really enjoyed the warm weather this spring. The many long shoots emerging from the first branch have given the tree a rangy appearance. It was time for some cutback. Japanese plum – May 2011 I reduced the longest of the shoots and wired what was left of the new growth. This […]
Repotting a Japanese plum
Northern California’s mild winters aren’t always enough to put trees to sleep for the season. My Japanese plum started sending out new growth in December before all of the old leaves had fallen, but I didn’t get around to repotting it until January. The tree has become quite a long-term project for me. I’ve refined […]
Summer cutback – Japanese plum
I have worked on this tree a long time – and it still has a long way to go. Shoots on the key branch are only two years old, and I have yet to “fix” the right side of the apex. It’s been a great project as the tree has been in my family since […]