One of the perks of plant-hoarding is the opportunity to play around, [code for "butcher"] certain plants. Plants that you won't cry [too dramatically] over losing. Plants purchased [rescued] on sale, like the Cotoneaster horizontalis and Erica vagans. Or plants from seedlings like these Japanese Maples. My fussed-over babies are a long way from blue-ribbon status, hence my appointed moniker, Quasi-Bonsai. This leaves room for improvements, like say in twenty years when I can drop the "Quasi."
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