Not Your Mother's Candles...

 Update: Mexican Weeping Pine

The Pinus Patula has been taking shape over the last few months, to the point that you can almost see what he's going to look like when he's grown. You can see 3 distinct sets of candles growing at the tips of branch ends, that indicate where the major branching will be on this tree, if allowed to continue.

Topping the plant is a whorl (circle) of 7 candles, each about 3 " long. In order to balance the tree, it will be necessary to reduce the number of candles, or the tree will become top-heavy or lopsided.

This morning, I pruned 3 of the 7 candles, leaving 4 in a North-South-East-West configuration, as pictured here:

I'll let him rest now for a few days, although I don't expect any reaction at all..young trees like this are remarkably resilient at this stage, I am learning.