Lorax7 Mugo Pine #1 progression

[Lorax7]

As usual, I forgot to take a picture of the tree before working on it. Didn’t take a picture of the lace rock either. Did a root-over-rock planting at a Pauline Muth workshop. I guess I paid attention in class because it’s still alive and kicking.

Here it is in fall 2021:

 

[Lorax7]

Started to uncover the rock. Also removed one branch that was going to be too large to be in proportion and made it into a jin and created a little shari in the process. Spring 2022:

 

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Did a bit of branch selection:

 

[BrightsideB]

Did a bit of branch selection:
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Nice progression! Is the 3rd photo down the front? I like that one the most.

 

[Lorax7]

Nice progression! Is the 3rd photo down the front? I like that one the most.

I honestly don’t remember. I assume that I probably picked a front when I was originally planting the ROR in a Pauline Muth workshop, but I have long ago forgotten what side I picked and the majority of the rock has remained buried all this time, even through the repotting. I avoided disturbing the roots much during the repot and was mainly focused on giving the roots at the base more space to grow into while gradually uncovering a bit more of the top portion of the rock.