Nice tree, John! The new pot definitely works with it...Maybe some day I'll have a chance to see it in person. I've told Princene we need to visit the east coast, so I can stop in and see your trees, John Romano's, Carl Rosner's --

Nathan, I'm not sure what the "book" says. The "working definitions" I personally use are:
slanting -- the trunk's overall line is more than 30 degrees above horizontal;
semi-cascade -- the trunkline dips below horizontal, but more than half the trunk's mass is above the soil line;
full cascade -- more than half the trunk's mass falls below the soil line.
My list does leave gray areas, I know; sometimes it's a judgment call. Anyone else have comments on this point?