My first collected tree, assisted by fellow Arbor Arts Collective co-founder, Brian Susler. I found this guy road-side on the fringes of a construction site. above and below: A couple months after collection in spring of 2013 above and below: Into a Mica pot for 2014 (still undecided as to the front view) above: Spring of 2015 into a deeper pot to facilitate the desired angle change - (note, the bottom of the pot was blocked off to reduce the over all depth of the substrate) above and below: Spring 2016 - After checking the new root progress, I was able to get it into a shallower pot with a better planting angle. above and below: Late 2016 - Note the new shoot emerging from the lower part of the tree... I decided to keep that to see what I will see ;-) above: 2017 - I have now moved it into a nice vessel by local Milwaukee Potter - Johnny Menzel. That shoot mentioned above has begun to figure into the final design... above and
