Returned to Wisteria Bonsai after a difficult first attempt

My first attempt at Wisteria Bonsai failed — drying out and death from missing a day's watering in summer got hold of it and I didn't know what I was looking at until it was too late. I left it alone for a year before trying again.

The second attempt, with proper attention to styling with the front and viewing angle in mind from day one, has been completely different. It's now thriving in a Japanese-inspired garden display with gravel and stone and deeply personal relationship between artist and tree is on full display. repotting temperate species in early spring before buds break this year was a genuine reward for starting again. If you failed first time, the plant isn't the problem — the conditions probably were.