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Thank you. Indeed most if not all flowering/fruiting trees do prefer and do best in deeper pots. The antique pot it was potted in was on the deeper side. I've seen chojubai growing in much shallower pots that seemed to thrive. In fact they do even better according to some when planted in rocks...

What's interesting is that I have a few cuttings growing well. These cuttings are from a different source. Not getting any answers as to what happened to that tree is very frustrating because I have learned nothing from it.

Sorry a little edit on my post above. I meant that I would not accept his offer.

He did! But I would accept his generous offer. I had the tree under my care for three plus years and certainly could hold him responsible for whatever happened to it. This was all on me.

Glad you're keeping that upward growing branch on the right. The cadence of the branch structure should vary. If all branches were grown in the same way, angles, length, etc the tree is bound to look predictable, mechanical and boring. I often make the comparison when you are composing a piece...

I like my Higasayama growing on its own roots but doubtful I will use it for bonsai. I may just grow it out as a container plant.

Acer palmatum 'Deshojo' in progress. Pot by Shuho that I purchased back in 2015 at S-Cube nursery.

When trouble started I gave it a ZeroTol bath and transferred it to a box. I even sent samples of the foliage and roots to a lab and came back negative.

Unfortunately it perished. One of the hardest loses I've had. No matter what I did nothing worked. I reached out to Michael Hagedorn. He was very helpful and suggested several things to try but nothing worked. Its demise remains a frustrating mystery.

The Sentinel in at 8am and ready to roll! And now at its final destination. I will miss you but I will be back!

Love it Bri! Looks like it's ramifying very nicely.

Excellent! Congrats to all the winners as well as all those that participated.

Zelkova today and back to sleep!

Cleaning up and resetting a client's chuhin sized JBP.

Thank you, much appreciated. I trust it will be in excellent hands with curator Kevin Bielicki.