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Crypto. J 'Rasen' as espalier?

HuldaFognozzle
12 years ago

I just bought a Crypto J "Rasen" for use in a big pot in the inside corner of a solid wood fence in our Asian koi pond garden.

It is about 8 feet tall with lots of branches, will supposedly get to be 20 feet tall, fast grower.

Has anybody trained one of these as an espalier? I think it will be dramatic, very different and exciting.

Comments (3)

  • Embothrium
    12 years ago

    Won't be able to fan it out unless it has multiple trunks.

  • botann
    12 years ago

    Sounds interesting. Do you have a picture?
    I'm not familiar with that variety of Cryptomeria.
    I imagine you're going to use the branches for espalier instead of the trunk or trunks.
    Mike

  • Embothrium
    12 years ago

    If the plant has one trunk there is nothing to fan out in the usual way for espalier, comparatively short side-branches (typical of conifers) coming off a central axis running up the middle of the frame will not lend themselves to this use.

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