This is the story of a lost tree.
I found this in May 2019 at Plumpton Nursery for $10. Or maybe Rockbank. It was a substantial tree with a lovely twist in the base.
I messed around trying to air layer the top, like everything I did that year. It didn’t work, so lets just skip over it.
By January 2018 I was looking to promote some growth, so I trimmed the tops:
The Silver Sheen back buds like crazy. By March there were lots of new branches and leaves growing. So into the pot it went (inorganic soil mix v1).
July 2018:
So by January 2019 it’s ready for serious trimming:
By May 2019 it was beginning to settle it to a shape. It was the most visually striking of my bonsai, with a 4 foot body coming out of a much smaller pot.
In July 2019 we came back from an overnight to find strong winds had smashed the pot, and the main trunk line.
I put it into a new pot:
But it never took, and just died from there. September 2019:
