This is the 3rd phase of my Funky Ficus Project, the previous steps can be seen by clicking the link a couple of words back.

After a year of letting the big stump grow out freely it was time to cut back the big straight branches. I might have made a little mistake by not wiring the new shoots earlier this year but we’ll see how this all turns out.

The tree before the cutback.

The tree after the cutback.

Close-up after cutback.

View from above.

The idea now is to let it grow out again and wire the new shoots next summer/fall.