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Solanum rantonnetii
Blue Potato Bush
Oakland, CA
December, 2014

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  • This is the focal point tree over a waterfall feature in a Japanese-style garden
  • Though the species is a little out of place in the context of the garden, it is easily adaptable to pruning for the weeping habit typically found in this situation
  • Waterproof boots must be worn as much of the tree is inaccessible without standing in the waterfall
  • These clients like things to stay immaculate.  I see this garden every few months and usually have a half an hour's worth of sprouts to take off of this tree.  Once a year I give it a thorough two hour session
  • This is my fifth and most recent pruning of the tree.  Every time I see it I am able to make more progressive structural cuts to keep it small and bring out the arching lift which makes weeping trees so exciting
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