Step 3

Plant the tree in a flower bed filled with loose, loamy soil to allow its roots to develop and the trunk to thicken. Wrap the tree with annealed copper wire in a clockwise spiral motion. The wire should be loose enough to prevent tree girdling. Bend the wire into the shape that you desire to train the tree. If you cannot bend the tree all the way without it breaking, bend it as far as you can. Check the tree periodically. When it naturally grows in the shape in which you have bent it, you will be able to bend it further. Loosen and re-wrap the wire to keep it from girdling the tree. Leave the tree in the garden bed for one year.