So this one has been sitting on the bench. It grew OK last year, but not great. The chief attraction is the bark (of course). It is nice an corky. I don't think it is an Arakawa though as the bark is very finely textured. I have an Arakawa and the bark is MUCH more fissured (like a black pine type of bark).
The pot is a beautiful pot by Sara Rayner. I may change it out though as I think it competes with the dark bark a little too much. It might be nice if a tree with lighter bark was in this pot. Anyway, no time to repot it this year, so I refreshed some of the soil and started to prune it. I left the lowest branch in an effort to thicken the trunk some more. The taper is not great and needs work.
The final photo shows where I think the new front may be in the future.
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