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It's there back my cotoneaster. Back last summer when it was definitely in need of a trim, but didn't get one
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Anyway, look at this little berry forming. By September it's pretty much stopped growing, but you can see it's done really well
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Its growth is very dense at the top, so that will need sorted out. Here's that little berry, looking very red now
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In October it just looks like a mess, but we'll just have to wait until the end of winter to sort it out
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this is a semi deciduous tree so you can see it starts to change colour
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I love that it had quite a few different vibrant colours and here it is with half its foliage gone
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it just makes it look even more leggy and even more overgrown in this state
1:28
In February it was time for some pruning. And I'm going to go pretty hard
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There's a lot of unnecessary growth. It just needs to go. I started by just pruning everything back short
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It just makes it easier for me to see what's going on and evaluate what to keep and what to remove
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Most of the growth seems to be at the top, so it's very unbalanced
2:05
It just looks very crowded at the top. So big chunks like this will have to be removed
2:15
Seems like a bit of a waste of good structure, but there's too much going on in these areas
2:20
Big cuts like this will actually help thin the area out, make the overall structure just
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look better better The long straight part on this section I'm working on here annoys me, but I'm keeping
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it for now. I still think there is potential with this part. It is long and straight, but there are a number of smaller buds along this section
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So maybe I can reduce this part. Maybe these little buds can develop and sort of hide the straightness of it
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Here we are after the work. It's heavily reduced. But I probably could have gone even more extreme
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But I think it's about the right amount. In March, not a lot is happening
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I've no idea where the front of this tree is, but that will come with time. There's nothing happening again in April
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It was a very slow start to spring this year In May you can see that the flower buds are forming I shouldn really let it flower as it can be a waste of good growth energy
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But come on, who doesn't want to look at this? It looks a bit weird at the minute as it's sort of not found its full shape yet
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But I know this will be amazing in a few years when the style does get sorted. The flowers just look so cool
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and in June the flowers are all falling off in July it's time for a quick prune
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I'm just pushing the long grove back and thinning out the top
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a few new shoots seem to have formed up there so I need to go in and make sure that area doesn't get too crowded again
4:32
Tonight's ready to continue on growing
