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Pleaching Conifers?
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Posted by kuser SA Aust (My Page) on Wed, Jun 30, 04 at 5:29
| Can it be done? All the literature I read only refers to hardwoods, but I was wondering if it could be done with conifers, especially cypresses. |
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RE: Pleaching Conifers?
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| Pleaching will be difficult and perhaps not even eyepleasing. However a row of cypresses, each trained as a topiary - whether umbrella style, conical or standard will always look impressive. Pleaching means weaving and it involves interweaving flexible branches into each other. These branches eventually form into hardwood thereby completing the process. |
RE: Pleaching Conifers?
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hmmm.... pleaching... I think I gotta try this for sure.
Does pleaching result with the entertwined branches 'merging' with each other to create a single growing organism? Jim |
RE: Pleaching Conifers?
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| The answer is no it doesn't create a single organism, but does create a seamless appearance when the plants are fully foliated. |
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