This HUGE trident maple, Acer buergeranum (かえで kaede), followed me home from Arkansas. The nebari (root spread) on this tree is 12" (30cm) at it's widest point.
This is another tree that was field grown specifically for bonsai. It still needs a lot of work. That's the great thing about a project tree, it can be developed over time. We'll be working with this in the next few Bonsai Study Group meetings. We'll practice a few special techniques that will help develop this tree more quickly.
