The tree today.
Rooted cuttings. This view approximates what eventually became the front of the forest.
Eventually the back of the forest.
Some rearranging in a replant.
Reestablishing after the repot.
Five trees in the forest.
Abundant root growth.
Root-pruned, wired into pot, adding two smaller trees.
Seven tree forest.
Defoliated.
New leaves sprouting.
A summer of growth.
Branch-pruned the following spring.
Larger leaves by fall.
Leaf-pruned but not a full defoliation.
Defoliated by winter temperatures.
The back side of the forest today.
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