After looking at this Japanese White Pine in someone’s garden for the last year and a half, I plucked up the courage [brass necked it] and knocked the door. The lady of the house was home and seemed amenable to me replacing it with a Japanese Maple from my own garden. The Maple is nice but not suitable for bonsai and I have others. This Pine, if it survives could make an interesting tree to play with over the next 10-15 years.

I now have to wait for the husband to give the OK. Fingers Crossed 🙂