Aug 96

Acer sacharrum (Sugar maple)

  Aug 96

Ulmus parviflora (Chinese elm)

Growing Broom Styles

Both of the trees above were cut back from approximately 8-foot trees and drastically root pruned in spring 96.

Note the tremendous ramification achieved in one growing season, by frequent cutting back of new shoots .

The sugar maple has leaves about 3/4 to 1-1/2 inch in the pic, as opposed to its early spring leaf size of 3 inches

or so. I'm eagerly awaiting its fall color.

The chinese elm was just snipped and deleafed again prior to the pic. It's now resprouted once again.

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