Tangled, dense, snarled clumps of branchlets sometimes grow on full-sized trees. Called witches’ brooms, these can be caused by disease or genetic mutation. Rooted cuttings from a witches’ broom maintain a dwarf habit.
Seed mutation.
This "secondary" growth often is weaker than the primary growth put out first, so expect to find small branchlet loss in high wind storms this summer. The secondary growth also may come out in a bushy or tuft-like pattern called "witches brooming.
Scion- An aerial plant part, often a branchlet, that is grafted onto the root-bearing part of another plant.
A hollow sac-like or tubular extension of some part of a blossom, usually nectariferous. Also, a short, slow-growing branchlet.
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Since soil is not necessary for its survival, it can be weighted and dropped into the pond. Anacharis may produce roots to anchor itself. Its branchlets often break off from the parent plant to form new plants.
Leland cypress (X Cupressocyparis leylandii) is commonly used as a landscape hedge, but in juvenile form it has an attractive, deep green color and flattened branchlets.
It should have less foliage and more bark exposed than the tail-end, whose rosettes, if spaced more closely, serve to create the impression of stability and bottom weight. Further pruning may be necessary if growth is still bushy or branchlets, ...
branchlet search for term- n., a small usually terminal branch.bristle search for term- n. (AS. bristl, byrst, a bristle) stiff, strong but slender hair or trichome.bud search for termbud - n.
 See also: Branch, Foliage, Plant, Flower, Soil
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