Japanese Maples: Crimson Queen Trimming Suggestions, 0 by HoosierGreen

HoosierGreen wrote:
What a beautiful specimen! I think you've done a great job so far. In my opinion, you could continue to remove lots of the small twigs, especially on the right side in the photo, to give it a more airy look. That would help it not look like a mop-headed umbrella, but it really has good "bones". I find that if you encourage a side branch or branches to keep growing out, sometimes even staking it for a year, it produces a very nice uneven structure, reducing the umbrella effect to zero. (see photo)