New pictures of my old Yamadori Blackthorn and a link to my 2 latest video’s on YouTube!!!

Hi everybody,
it must have been some 20 years ago that my dear old English friend Terry Foster gave me as a gift the even then-old Yamadori Blackthorn from this story. I cultivated and trained this small beauty for many years as a small 25 cm Moyogi but I was always disappointed that the natural Shari/deadwood was hidden on the back of the tree and that there was an obvious reverse taper at the base!

**Here she is still styled as a Moyogi.**

And then some 8 years ago I got a brave idea to turn her around! That meant that I had to cut off a major branch and rearrange most of the existing branches!

**Above: This is the drawing that I made of my plan.**

Above: Just look at that amazing natural Shari/deadwood!
Red arrow points at the twisted Nebari/roots.

Red arrow points at the branch that needs to be removed leaving a small Jin. This will create together with the new planting angle movement to the left and an image of a wind-battered tree!