Thanks Steve!
Nature did the stump... I have the harder task of making a good bonsai out of it.
I would say that once the branches have been set in a more horizontal plane......
I don't quite follow what you mean here. Is what bonsainut came up with the direction you were going?
grog, thanks.
I like the second base as well, but it might not work as well from the branching point of view. I think, in the long run, a round pot may be the way to go.
onlyrey, thank you.
I look foward to seeing it dressed up too. Maybe in a couple of years, after the branching is farther along, I'll be able to let it flower and fruit.