5 Spring 2005, right after very first styling. Looks pathetic, as so many trees after first styling. It does not matter really what it looks like now. All that mattters is is what it will look five years later.
6 summer 2005, a few months after first styling
7 Fall 2005
8 Summer 2006
9 Summer 2007, this shot was taken just before the tree was brought to the Gingko Award 2007. Premature, of course, but I am glad I did it.