I like your original idea of weighing down the branches, though rather than attaching weights, I would tie them to long strings (make sure to use a loop, rather than tying the string tight) and attach the strings to rocks or bricks. Four branches would be idea, as you could get a nice symmetrical tree out of it. I've tied down most of my trees (close to horizontal) and in a few situations I didn't leave a central leader. Those trees are now relatively low (7-8') and fairly wide. Of course how big the tree gets will also be dependent on the rootstock.

Thanks ladies. I think I may keep her after all. She's quite fragrant in the evening. I detect a hint of roses.

DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY. THEIR PRODUCTS ARE SO OVERPRICED AND THE QUALITY IS MEDIOCRE AT MOST. SERVICE IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. WORST DECISION EVER. Everything started from the December of 2019 when I contacted the company and made an appointment for the design consultant to come and measure my windows. Got rescheduled because the consultant is on vacation but somehow her calendar was shown as available. Order was placed after the visit and she asked me to pay 100% in advance. I needed to see the sample of the fabric vertical shade which was part of the order. Waited 2 weeks for the sample to be mailed. Order was shipped out around 6 weeks later and was packaged so poorly that when I saw the box it was all damaged. Had to refuse the receipt. Replacement was shipped about a month later and the fabric vanes turned out to be too long. The installer had to cut them short and place a replacement order again. The installation was also not smooth considering he installed the blinds in the wrong direction and had to fix them. Also he put the parts on my bed until I asked him to move them to the floor. Replacement order arrived a couple of weeks later. I didn't want the unprofessional installer to come back again so I installed the vanes myself. 6 months later, the vertical fabric shades I purchased have been shrinking/curling up in the middle, which created huge gaps between the vanes. I contacted the customer service 2 months ago, called and emailed. A lady named Angela called me back asking for pictures showing the issue. I then emailed them to her only found out that the email never wen through since their email has a limit on attachment size. I had to email low resolution pictures in separate emails. She then reviewed the issue and placed a warranty replacement order for me. A few days later, she called me again telling me her manager and the factory think "there is no way that the fabric would shrink unless you washed the vanes. They won't send him a replacement for the vanes instead, a new head rail so you can have more overlap between vanes to reduce the gaps". I asked her then the vanes will not be able to cover my entire window so I'll end up with a huge gap on one side. She said she didn't know how to resolve this issue and offered to pass pictures to her manager and factory if I can send her more. Here are the pictures I took from inside of my bedroom and from the street. My bedroom is facing a busy street and if you walk by at night, you can see through those gaps and see what I'm doing. So literally no privacy. I have to change clothes with light off so people don't peek in. I don't think that's what I expected when paying $800 just for this defective vertical shades. These vanes have only been installed for 6 months. I haven't washed or even wiped them... It's ridiculous when they try to make this issue sound like I have been handling the shades incorrectly. Angela has been helpful and fair but unfortunately her manager and the factory don't share her professionalism. They will for sure find a way to blame me again for the issue which will probably never be resolved. I'd rather spend half of what I paid with the Home Depot if I have to deal with unreasonable quality control anyways.

I like the Precious Ramotsswe series the best of all of them. I really didn't like the Poruguese Irregular Verbs series at all, even though I read all three of them, trying to like them. I found that I liked the sequels to The Sunday Philosophy Club better than the original one. I don't mind when Mma Ramotswe philosophizes(it seems to belong with the characters and the setting) but I really got annoyed with Isabel Dalhousie philosophizing. It seemed to make the story drag. At least, I felt that way for the first book in that series, it didn't bother me as much in the later books.