This is the story of a new bonsai... Well it's actually an old tree that has become a bonsai. This year, I began my spring repotting in late winter with a tree that I have had in a growing box for two years. This tree was purchased at an estate auction about 9 years ago. A rough-bark Japanese Maple 'Arakawa'
The tree was in good health even when I received it, but this is the first time it has ever seen a bonsai pot. The original owner had it in a fuschia bowl, and then I moved it to a small redwood patio box 6 years ago to improve its vigor, then to this growing box about 2 years ago
It's hard to believe this bonsai is probably 35 years old and has never been in a pot until today.
