Excellent! Spent all winter with fingers crossed and it paid off! Looks good in that pot too.
Twin trunk is among my favorites.
Yeah, funny how things you think won't work turn out to be the most amazingly perfect fit. This looks so good.
And the picture does it proud, even though I'm sure in person it's even better. What a beautiful tree, and what great bark. I'm so happy that the top was saved.
The way the two trunks push away from each other on this tree is singular and captivating to the eye..
Wow. I wish I had checked this thread before now--I hadn't visited bonsainut for a while and forgot to look for information here.
My experiences with Marc Torppa @ the Growing Grounds appear to have matched everyone else’s, with the only difference being that I don’t actually have the tree I “bought” from him and do not figure that I ever will. If it does arrive, it sounds like I should expect that it will be damaged. The only thing that happened quickly and smoothly in this transaction was his immediate cashing of the check I foolishly sent to him.
I told him I would give him until tomorrow to straighten this out before I started sharing my experiences with every bonsai friend I have and every forum I could find, so I'll just leave it there for now. I'll be back with more detail tomorrow.