…which could either be a salmon returning up a river, or simply a bad movie title…?

It’s neither. The Fish is yet another convenient, somewhat silly, ‘name’ for a Rocky Mountain Juniper that was featured here over a year ago when it was first styled. We did a three-part, real-time posting of it back then:

http://crataegus.com/2013/08/20/big-juniper-project-the-fish-part-i/

http://crataegus.com/2013/08/21/big-juniper-project-the-fish-part-ii/

http://crataegus.com/2013/08/22/big-juniper-project-the-fish-part-iii-finis/

We let The Fish grow for a year to gain a bit of momentum for repotting this spring. It’s been an odd coincidence that whenever we have a big project going on, Matt Reel shows up in the studio. I don’t recall any organization about it, but he arrives promptly when something is about to happen. Hope you enjoy the photos!

Bobby Curttright taking apart the box of The Fish…

…and beginning root work. The styling of this tree left the box at a ridiculous angle, so the rootwork was rather invasive on…