Here's a "by the way" kind of off topic thing, but does anyone else have this Tokoname pot:
http://www.tokoname.or.jp/bonsai/gallery/6f12.htm
I have it and it's turned out to be one of the weirdest pots I own.
Two springs ago, I planted a boxwood in it. Last fall, I placed it under the benches under a nice thick blanket of fresh pine bark mulch. This spring, when I unearthed it from underneath the mulch, the nice aquamarinish glaze had not only faded significantly, but in splotches all over the pot. It is now a mottled faint bluish pot, instead of the more robust color shown here. I don't know if the glaze was intended to fade significantly, or it's just crappy glaze. I'm still trying to decide if I like what's happened. It's not unattractive...but....
