I couldn’t stand it any longer.  I have new pots, new planting medium and an itch.  I really don’t want to start working the quince when it’s already starting to bloom.  So, I dug up a crepe myrtle.  It’s my first yamadori (wild collected bonsai).

I have 9 ‘Tuscarora’ crepe myrtles planted along the fence and they are sending out runners like crazy.  They’ve been there since I bought the house. So, I probably shouldn’t be surprised.

The first one I went for had no rootlets.  Seriously, none. Just stick.  So, I ripped up another one. And it looks pretty good.

I trimmed that large side root back and stuck it in a bucket of water while I got the screens in the pot and the anchoring wires set. One of the anchors was too short and had to be replaced.

I didn’t have enough of the old medium. So, that’s on the bottom and I topped it with the new, which is a little bigger. I guess I could have mixed them. But I didn’t want to keep messing with the already abused rootlets.

It’s potted and soaked. Now, fingers crossed that I get leaves.