Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Should I stay or should I go! A Design Question?, 0 by HollyAnnS

HollyAnnS wrote:
The other big green ball was the even more huge Quince. I planted it a good 30 years ago and pretty much just let it grow. It made a great screen for the driveway and utility area. Everyone once in a while I would cut it back a bit but not too much or too often. Some of it was dug out when Ric put the potting shed in and I took a good sized chunk out of the other side when we needed to pull the pump from the well that was pretty much covered with Quince suckers. I worked on it with hand clippers, loppers and dug out the suckers. I did something a bit different with it and I don't know if I can or will want to keep this shape but for now it will stay this way. I didn't cut it down in height. I just kept working in from the edges till I had a somewhat tree shape. I still have a little bit more to cut back on the driveway side but it is mostly finished. Sometime later I may just need to cut the height down but if I can I will leave it this shape for a while.