Are these the vertical stones one sees in Penjing?

Yes. However, now that I put the rock in the new pot with a small fake pond,
there really isn't any room for stones also. let well enough alone.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)