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We will now persevere with the foliage to try and get it denser and more compact. At least we now have a good foliage canopy to match the impressive deadwood. There is potential here to create a really good tree.
I will keep you posted and if we do feel the need to resort to plan B I will follow it up with photographs and explanations.
For now let’s just enjoy the tree we have!