Living arches?

[beesnroses32]

I have a tree whose boughs are hanging over my sidewalk path. I don't want to cut the boughs. I want to train them to make a little archway. I was thinking two or three poles buried in the ground to hold them up over the path instead of in it. Will the tree grow into that shape?

 

[rekees]

It is possible but a lot would depend of the specie, size and age of the tree. A Willow or Wisteria would be ease but a hardwood like Oak or Hickory not so easy. Probably going to need something more staple/sturdy than 2 or 3 poles. Perhaps something made of metal and shaped like an arch?

 

[beesnroses32]

The tree is maybe...8 feet tall. Its got multiple trunks about the size of a petite woman's thigh splitting out at the ground. If magic trails from Cinderella were a tree...it would look like this. I would upload a pic, but i don't know how to get them from the camera to the computer.