Picked up for $50 at Bunnings, despite that being a terrible idea (expensive, and typically uninteresting stock). But anyway.
Here’s the tree as it came.
Here’s a close-up on the base, which is what sold me.
And some details on the tree.
But first, there’s too much top for my purposes, so lets deal with that.
After I finished, I began to wonder about the best angle.
I went with the tilt for now… I’ll have time to think further.
As I look back on this post, I’m thinking I still left some long straight bits. Maybe they’ll grow some branches, or maybe they’ll come off next season. Also, this is a candidate for growing in a wooden box.