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I was at Lowe's today picking up some pond baskets and I decided to take a look at their Mugo Pine selection. They have 5 left and there was one that stuck out to me. It has a little bit of reverse taper but hopefully that can be fixed at a later date. They were asking $52 which is insane this...

I could use some advice on my Mugo pine what to do next. I did set it upright after picture.

Here are some pictures of Vance W. and a couple of his mugos at the Michigan All State/ American Bonsai Society show. The first one isn't too bad but the other two I must have moved the camera. Sorry about that, they are outstanding tree when seen in person.