Leaning trees, is this the future of planting?


I recently came across a Japanese technique for tree planting and found it really interesting!

Instead of removing all the soil from an area and the planting a tree upright. This technique carefully removes the top layer of grass, then the direction of optimal sunlight is analysed and the tree is placed in this direction. This is done because trees naturally grow towards their biggest light source in order to photosynthesise most effectively. Once this angle had been worked out, the plant is placed in the soil exactly to this angle. The carefully removed grass in then place on top of the soil where the tree has been placed. This then leaves the tree to look like it grew in that space from a seedling and that the natural landscape was never disturbed.

Above is a diagram I have drawn of this process. 

If the tree were to be planted using traditional techniques the soil would be removed and placed to the side. The tee would the be placed bolt upright and a mound of soil would be placed over the roots of the tree. This creates a very unnatural look. It also means that as the tree continues its growth it will start growing in another direction to what it originally grew at. This can be very unaesthetically pleasing.

As seen in the diagram below.






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