Thought it better to create a new thread - this time with a proper topic title - for this subject.
Original post is here:
www.bonsaiempire.com/forum/help-me/7289-the-other-free-tree
I received this tree as a gift from a colleagues mother, who got to old to continue to care for her trees.
This is the tree as it looked 2 years, 2 months ago:
The tree was in a large brown pot, made from real plastic. I've repotted it this year. It required quite a lot of root work, but looking at the leaves and flowers, it seems the repotting worked out quite well. The new pot looks much better.
This photo was taken a few days after the previous one I posted. More buds have opened now, so it looks even better.
No plans for this year - as I've already repotted it and I don't want to stress the tree even more. Last year it backbudded and now branches are growing, and inside the tree even more backbudding is going on. That's good, it will allow me to to reduce the branches that are still too long, and fill out the profile of the tree better.