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Young Chinese 'Drake' elm

Nice form on Chinese 'Drake' elm. Note the one dominant trunk to the top of the tree. 'Drake' elm does not develop one dominant trunk unless encouraged to do so with training and pruning. Competing stems and branches were cut back regularly to accomplish this.

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