Hello,

Very nice forum you have. I'm new to the forum. It's a very nice place. I'll start with this ilex schilling from my local nursery. It has a decent trunk diameter and nice early Nebari. I chopped it to a preliminary shape, and left it in a training pot to acclimate. I'll give it a couple seasons to develop where i want it to. Any advice or recommendations are welcome. Thanks.

Here is my idea

I would not go for 4 pads. It looks more geometric than natural.

I would cut the top left branch, and the other left one cut to 1/2 of his current size. I would remove a lot of the upper right side, looking for 1 good branch with good movement. Next I would change the angle of the tree some more to the right. But wait at least for another year or more

Yes good point. Thanks

Thanks FrankC yes it needs some work and time