Since I don't care if it is a tree or a shrub, let me rephrase my question.
If this were
your plant, how would you shape it ?
@greeene and
@NEILMUIR1, would you take it back below where the top four branches have developed where the leader for a tree would normally be found ? or would you take off three of the branches and leave one as the leader and pinch it back to get it to develop branching for a canopy ?
I don't mind doing a hard prune, if I can see that it is going to shape the plant for the future ... tree or shrub.
@terrafirma , could you weigh in, too ?
I don't quite understand the botany of trees/tree-shrubs and how one prunes to get them to fill in.
I kind of feel like a bit of a pest, but it is the first tree I have planted
Smiles,
Lyn
