Shohin Siberian Elm Sacrifice Branch
One nice thing about Ulmus pumila is that thickening branches doesn’t take very long, especially when the tree is small like this one. I let this sacrifice branch run wild since the summer, and it will be cut off this fall as I am hoping to show this tree. The branch is almost at the thickness I want it to be at, but I might let both the lower branches run a bit next year.
Let’s go fly a kite.
Branch from above; sacrifice branch is coming out of the left which is the back of the branch when viewed from the front.
Closer view of the branch.