With the first days of summer now under our belts and some solid early spring growth it was time to begin this seasons tasks around the garden. First cab off the rank was this trident which found its way onto my benches recently.

It had been fully wired in winter, most of which had begun to bite in with shoots extending aggressively with an early warmth to spring.

I defoliated the tree and removed the old wire setting it up for its next flush, some new buds and further ramification. Its a very nice tree and I think will develop into something that will always have a space on my benches.

While there is a long way to go with this tree, I think the bones are all in place and you can already get a sense of what the tree might look like in the next 5 years once it has a lot more ramification.

Now I have a sense of where it is heading, I will likely leave a few shoots to run on the lower branches to increase their size a little given how quickly the upper regions are thickening.

Onto the next one!