I bought this tree in 2011 from Mission Hills Nursery in San
Diego. The species is native to northern China, Japan, and Korea.
The tree today.
The tree when I first acquired it.
The tree after six months.
Bare-rooted a year later.
Repotted.
On the bonsai benches.
Exposed roots for repotting.
Repotted.
Bare-rooted for another repotting a year later.
Repotted as root-over-rock.
The tree at the end of the growing season.
The tree the following spring.
Disaster! Apparently dead, most likely underwatered.
Hope! New sprouts from the rootbase.
More growth, but the original trunk isn’t coming back.
A skimpy jungle of new growth.
Removal of the original trunk.
Separating one of the new trunks.
Repotting the first new trunk.
Separating the second trunk.
Repotting the second trunk.
First trunk established.
Second trunk established.
Both trees reunited into a single pot.
Pruned the tops and planted them as additional trees.
A scraggy forest. I later separated the three small trees to grow on
their own.
Repotting the two larger trees.
Spring growth.
Branch-pruned.
More growth.
Back view of the tree yesterday.
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