Two years after first styling this spruce now is just about good enogh to be accepted into the gallery as spruce number 41. In summer of 2006 it already was in this pot for a few years before David styled it. This past week ena took off th wire. I cut it back severely yesterday and applied a few guy wires. Now it has to wait onther year at least before it goes into a decent bonsai pot which will probably be round.