Tree of Life small blanket

This is a blanket I started whilst I waited for the wool to arrive for the Great American Aran Afghan.

If I was to do this again I think I would leave out the middle section as I dont like how you get the pulls in the wool when doing the leaves, at the base of the flower stem, in the middle section of the blanket.

I have looked at others who made this blanket and it seems unavoidable.

I would like to make a blanket with  four trees across the width of  the blanket and perhaps add trees from one of the blocks in the American Afghan with apples on, then  repeat four times above  intertwining trees as shown above. Repeat until I have a full size blanket.

Something for me to think about doing at a later date. (maybe)

Symbolically the trees could represent new life birth of child, marriage of two people (the two  trees growing together) Something about that appealed to me and the fact I like trees. (weird, I know, hence I knit the blanket.