Repot, Wire and Prune - Chinese Elm [3]

Before repotting this tree I decided to give it a prune and a wire to clear out the clutter, and wire the thicker lower branches further down before they get too thick.

Tree before pruning or wiring

As you can see, all the branches were growing in an upwards direction (typical of younger trees). I wouldn't to recitfy this issue by wiring the lowest branches horizontally, and giving them a prune to encourage secondary branches to form.

Tree after prune and wire

The canopy has taken on a more domed shape, and once the tree has filled out in a few weeks should be looking a lot better.

After repot

Whilst repotting I discovered an area of the trunk that was previously covered and decided to pot it up higher in the pot to show this. Now that more trunk is visible, I'm hoping for more branches lower down to fill the gap between soil and branch.