PLEACHING UPDATE

Several months ago we started a pleaching project in our Shade Garden at the Arboretum.  As you recall, the pleaching is going to eventually make us a 'hedge in the air'.  Follow this link for more details on the process of PLEACHING.

Here was what our first attempt at trying to control the crape myrtles last November:

The pole is being used to encourage the branches to fuse.

This week more branches were tied together.  We are starting to see our hedge.

The shade plants are happier.

Photos by C. Taylor