Skeletons dancing
Here's a photo of our Seven Sons tree, Heptacodium miconioides which we previously thought was some kind of yellow twig dogwood. I bought the small tree or shrub because I loved the color and texture of the bark. After two years in ground and my wife's severely pruning back the vigorous growth, the tree has taken on a zigzag shape that I love... a skeleton dancing wildly.
posted by Ki at
5:52 AM
2 Comments:
This is a new plant for me, Ki - just came back after looking it up, and it sounds very interesting, with one site calling it 'the crape myrtle of the north'. The pruning gives it a different look from the green ball-shapes in the other webpages!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Hi Annie,
The seven sons tree/shrub grows very vigorously sprouting many branches covered with leaves. In one year the new growth extends 3-4 feet so heavy pruning is a must to keep it shaped and in check so other plants are not completely shaded. So ideally the tree needs a lot of space to grow with no undergrowth. This rampant growth means you have a large selection of branches to prune and you can shape the tree into fantastic shapes. It was just an accident that ours was pruned in this zigzag shape.
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