One late spring at a bonsai society meeting I noticed a very eye-catching tree in full flower. On enquiring as to the species I was informed that this bonsai was a styrax. The flowers resembled snowdrops which the owner told me turn into greyish, round berries in the autumn as an added attraction, but on the downside the styrax has a tendency for branches to die back in the winter. Although very attractive in flower, the bonsai was nevertheless poorly designed with a heavily curved 'S' shape trunk.
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