Now is the season to work on the larch and i took the opportunity to correct structural flaws and some basic pruning and wiring to set the shape again.
I did move the top apex that was moving over to the left back to the right to create another movement within the truck line base to tip.
Does anyone have any inputs what design feel this is? I was thinking tension design but does the apex fall in this category of design? Still more work to be done over the season to create more ramication and pads.
I was also thinking jining the bottom right branches maybe and extend the deadwood down the right side?
Nice work so far. There is a strange dynamic with the planting angle, jinned trunk (telling a story that nature did something) and then the new branching angle is almost 180 degree’s the other way the tree originally grew. I get the snow load and angularity you want to capture but …maybe it’s me this feels like its defying any phototropic abilities.
What about not killing the other branch and let’s see what a cascading larch looks like…just a thought
After continuing to stare at it, it might just be compressed where I would like to see that new trunk line elongated another 5-6inches then bring the apex over… I struggle with making sense of things with pictures though
After reading @NEBeech’s comment and looking at the tree, I would shorten the right branch on the apex by about 50% to build a rounded crown. Let the foliage flow to the left to show the snow load and similar after the trunk was crushed to the right and regrew.
Just a quick note would you be able to do a quick sketch on the apex you are talking about? So you mean just to continue it more out to the left without bringing it back over yes?
I am so bad with the editing tool but I tried 2 redlines I would reduce in lenghth then I would go up before rounding over and I would probably bring the apex back, creating tension. cool little tree, challenging .Might be worth tosssing it in the QandA
Problem with just chopping back that apex on the right there will be nothing to transition to and you’ll have a thick branch that just stops dead. Will need to build more foliage mass on the top.
I’m not trying to capture a finished product just setting the skeleton structure and see how that goes with the spring push.
I may also toss this in the Q&A and see what Ryan comes up with. It is a tricky one
I wouldnt chop back the apex, use what you have and bring it up to the red line (no black) then bend it over (drop the kids off at school) and turn it back to the left for your tension design. Sorry for the lack of clarity on that
Close the gap between the secondarys on the lower branch, move it to the side/back from blocking the trunk.
Add some movement to it
Extend the deadwood down a bit.
Build the apex as suggested above.
Try to add some movement to the top part, especially the first part, if possible. As is in combo with the lower branch and the trunk it forms an X that’s a bit distracting to me.
