I’m not positive of the identification of these bonsai starts I germinated about seven years ago. They seem less wishbone-branched than that species, but it is one of the typical types used for bonsai and I believe the seeds came to me under that name.

I have about five seedlings left of these shrubs. I don’t have them in bonsai pots yet, but they already have a tiny tree look to them, with their thick-ish trunks and cascading braches. The leaves color up beautifully in autumn and one of them had a flower for the first time this year, so there will be berries at some point.

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My future plans for these plants are to get them into bonsai pots next year and work hard to train them into perfect little trees with tiny rose flowers and red-orange berries.