semi cascade juniper

[Jamie]

hi guys

recently i swapped dumper for a juniper (he got a peach) and i received it on thursday, i was quite excited when i opened the box and it had a massive amount of branches and foliage

so i got a pot i wanted for it thinking i will make it into a more upright tree, as i was working it i decided to go with a semi cascade

this is it in the pot i thought it would go in and before any work.

Junisembef1.jpg

that angle also made the trunk look like it has reverse taper but the trunk is actually oval in shape, i beleive there is a couple of live veins there doing this and will expose them later when the tree has recovered.

and here is the tree in its pot more suited to the style

Junsemi 8hr.jpg

from here there will be some more refinement of the padding and the shari

let me know what ya all reckon

Jamie

[kcpoole]

can you tilt it to the right more?
Put the apex above the trunk and this will tilt the trunk to the right so it leans toward the tail

Ken

[Jake]

turned out pretty good mate, big difference

[Jamie]

can you tilt it to the right more?
Put the apex above the trunk and this will tilt the trunk to the right so it leans toward the tail

Ken

Gday mate

yea i was actually looking at that myself, i have wired it in but should be able to let it go enough to get more tilt

turned out pretty good mate, big difference

thanks mate

[Jarrod]

Looks good Jamie, hope it acclimatisers it's self well.

Cheers

[Jamie]

It has a pretty strong feeder root system so I beleive it shall be fine. will update next time

[blkrota]

Looks cool, I like it.

[Jamie]

just a little update,

I defined the foliage a little more, and tilted the angle as much as i can for now, i will be able to change it at the next repot, it had some really good fiberous feeder roots so i dont think it will be a long period before i can repot, probably next year sometime, for now no more work on it, maybe a little more definition in the pads which needs 1mm wire that i have run out of already, it was the wire from the lot leigh got me, its amazing how much of the stuff you can go through in a short time! (allong with the 1mm, my 4.5mm is all used now too, and the 3mm has about a third left).

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semi juni.jpg

Jamie

[Jake]

even better jamie, its looks great bro!

[nealweb]

G'day Jamie, looks good, nice tree but if it were mine I would think about cutting off (or back hard) everything on the left hand side of the trunk so that the apex is about directly above the lip of the pot and the cascade just flows away to the right. To me it looks a little awkward/off balance with the trunk and cascade going right but so much bulk of growth to the left and the apex left aswell. Just a thought anyway.
All the best...
neal.

Edit - I just noticed the melaleuca of pup's in the ausbonsai banner, you could probably get something roughly along those lines from it

[Jamie]

thanks guys


Hi Neal, i know what you are saying and there is some method to my madness as this tree was sent up to me from melb. what i have done is kept as much as i can so it recovers nicely, over time i will thin it out, get more angle on it and refine the padding, wanting the tree to have a fuller canopy with defined pads to make it look more natural.

cheers

[nealweb]

thanks guys


Hi Neal, i know what you are saying and there is some method to my madness as this tree was sent up to me from melb. what i have done is kept as much as i can so it recovers nicely, over time i will thin it out, get more angle on it and refine the padding, wanting the tree to have a fuller canopy with defined pads to make it look more natural.

cheers

Ah very wise too, always ensure the health of the tree first, then go on to styling. Sounds like a goos plan
have fun...