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| I bought this U. parvifolia last winter - leafless, and described as a windswept style, which technically, it's not! After some discussion elsewhere, I decided to wait until it leafed out to decide what to do with it, i.e. prune into a true windswept, or leave it as is. Now that it's "dressed" I've decided to rename it an informal upright, and leave it as is. It's not as lush as I might like, BUT it's been subject to the full, unprotected elements we've had over summer - high 40s/low50sC, water restrictions, minimal rain. It's been a bit of an experiment - once it seemed to be tolerating the conditions, I decided to monitor it closely but leave it out to see how it would go. I've been surprised at how it's coped. It won't have to do so again next summer - Warren's almost finished my new shaded area which will accommodate all my trees - hopefully!! I've attached a picture of the tree as bought for reference. Not sure if they're going to be visible! OK - they're not - how do I post them so they don't need to be downloaded? Width is 400 pixels - is that too wide? Cheers Carol 
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| Hi Carol Watch that wire does not start to cut in! I can see why it was attemting to be windswept, by the lack of branch development on one side. You could consider taking the top off the tree and making the last branch the new leader. This would make the tree more balanced. Just a thought
Best regards
Keith
Leeds UK----------------------------------------------------- "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."
-- Anais Nin "valde bonsai ex ferreus opus" (see I can do latin as well!) The Human mind is like a Parachute, They both need to be open to work!
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| I've made your pics visible Carol. The trick is to do what you have already done then right click on the attachment, select properties and copy the URL from there. On the left is a box where you'll find bracketted img and /img click on that and paste the URL between the two bracketted codes. (voila) Try it once and it will make sense and be easy thereafter.
My name is Don and I'm a bonsaiholic.
My imaginary friend Givitago takes over when I'm not sure of myself in print. He's not a complete fool - several bits are missing.
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| Thank you for fixing the pictures, Stymie, and the instructions. I'll have a go with another one and see what happens! And thank you for your suggestion, Keith - I'll be taking the wire off this weekend, and will be thinking of the next step while I do so. Cheers Carol
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