Japanese Maple 11 Laceleaf Maple [Acer palmatum]
Informal twisted upright thingy

September 20, 2022. A few months ago, at one of our earliest in-person meetings after the shutdown, Doug Unkenholz brought this little tree all wired up and cut looking and gave it to me at our board meeting. He remembered one of our zoom meetings where I talked about the difficulty of finding a tree for a painted pot, so he brought me one he thought would fit. I love it! Since I got it, I’ve removed the wire, done a little pruning, added some more wire, let some lower growth get about 15″ long, whacked that off, etc. This one will eventually go into the octagonal Tosui painted pot. It just needs time to grow first.