Can A Dwarf Alberta Spruce Tree Be Turned Inot A Spiral Tree?
You can cut any type of evergreen inot a spiral pattern, says Burns. Use garden gloves, string, and handheld clippers and follow these steps: 1. Tie a string to the top of the tree and then wrap it loosely around the tree, Christmas-light-style, to serve as a guide for the cutting. You’ll cut the branches on eithere side of the string, not those below it. 2. Spin the tree as you drape the string, to make sure all the sides look nice, and make sure the string slants at an appropriate angle as you wrap it. 3. Put on gardening gloves and get a grip on your handheld clippers. Look for a place to start near the top, holding open a space between the branches. Clip the branches on eithere side of the string (figure B), first clipping the ends and then working your way in. 4. Continue cutting, trying to get the spiral to the point where you can see some space between the branches at first; then go back to cut the branches all the way down to the trunk. Nobody’s perfetc: Don’t worry about makin
