Our wild cherry tree has been reclining for more than 40 years. Terry-san has suggested we devise a prop... a crutch.
I have a good deal of difficulty believing that the tree's weight won't simply push such supports into the soil which seems unable to support it in the first place...
Thus, I became fascinated in appreciative study of both the simplicity & rich variety of methods & techniques of props & supports for trees I observed in Japan. I am still taking improbably complex lessons.
Visuals must, for the most part, suffice to share this study... suggesting others have danced with these problematic notions for a long time.
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While my gardening guru Doug-Oh! might call such manipulation "hortitorture".
I can easily appreciate results of such faithful effort... which can be seen generally... here in Tokyo.
Some were nearly invisible isometric webs transferring weight inside a large system...
