It is that time of the year where a lot of deciduous trees need some maintenance. This Zelcova serrata was “rescued” from a garden quite a few years ago and has been in training for about eight years or so.

It looked like this

Then it looked like this

Now it looks like this

It will grow into the preferred shape again very soon. This is a shohin and I think has a reasonable lower trunk so in a few more years this may be a reasonable bonsai.