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Thank you so much everyone. I have been researching and learning like crazy now that I know what kind of tree I have! I'm so excited to have found this site. I can't believe I didn't find it sooner with all of my searching.

I've taken the rocks off. Most of the moss type stuff that was on top came off with them. I'm assuming that's okay. The soil was REALLY dry and compacted together. I gave it a good watering (until it drained out of the bottom). I'm not sure that the soil is very good. I think I may need to repot with a better soil but I'm still trying to learn about that.

I can't seem to find anything about the broken branch that my friend has a twist tie on. From what she told me, she read that she was supposed to do that somewhere online. Is this correct or can I just take it off? Common sense tells me it wasn't completely broken off.

Thank you again for all of your wonderful advice.... hopefully now that I have a place to start my tree will live a long and healthy life!!

(Thanks for the resizing info, too!)