Gale-force winds typical of spring in Tokyo wreaked a bit of havoc in Kangaeroo Corner as a rack of hardenbergia was blown onto the dwarf wattle and snapped the miracle tree’s trunk in half. I was crestfallen to see the damage done to the tiny version of wattle that we’re growing in a pot. But that plant is made of stern stuff, indeed. It was one of many grown from seed, but the only one of a dozen or so that survived, and even then it was by accident. Not only has it held on, though, but thoroughly thrived, growing…
