We Have A Winner...

Thanks for the great comments. Gene wins for cheerfully admitting to slaying large trees by over-pruning. I am sure he will make the best possible use of this book--and his neighborhood will soon be pollarded and cloud-pruned into oblivion. Gene, please send your address to mchlowens@yahoo.com, and I'll have Timber Press get you a copy.

Comments

[Antigonum Cajan]

Well, how many man-hours of pruning with: electrical/gas/oil pruners, hand or lopers will this art work take? How many times a month, year?
What will it cost, to maintain, in brief?

[Gene]

there's a tremendous amount can be done by hand with pruners and handsaws. depending on what you're going for - can be as little as an hour, two or three times a year, for twenty years. Cost is your labor and tools, i can create shapes with pruners and scissors, hedgers not necessary - but quicker. i think this type of pruning requires tremendous patience - i've started with fingerlings, and fully expect my "vision" not to be realized in my lifetime - i'm ok with that, because i can see it in my head.