Brian VFJapanese Maple May 29, 2021 1 Minute
This arakawa has already had one haircut this spring, and has continued to grow denser. In order to keep the internodes short, I am continuing to cut back any extension growth back to the first (or second) node.

Additionally, I removed one of each pair of leaves in the crown, and outer, stronger shoots…
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