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Hi all,
I've had this juniper for a while and now want to get a little more serious with it. I've pinched all the old dead needles out and have cleared out the some of the front so I can see what I'm doing. It's budded like crazy since I've pinched the old growth out. What your opinion?

I was thinking something along the lines of this.

Howdy,
The tree has potential.
The boys are doing a workshop today, Thursday at Tess's.
Turn up with your tree, tools and lunch and you will get good advice and a good tree.
Happy bonsai,
Bruce.

Hi KCB, your virt looks good nice and simple the only suggestion I would make it to keep the branches short and keep the foliage close to the trunk, very easy to take it off but not so easy to put it back.
Craig

Just remember less is more there's not a lot of good lower branches so to get a convincing tree you'll need to cut back branches hard and grow on or twist it up and compress it more or go for a nice simple literati there's nice movement there

nice bit of stock there kieth and a good price too this one could be a prime candidate to compress down, i just recently have done one with a pictorial see here viewtopic.php?f=131&t=4857&p=55580&hili ... ted#p55580

one thing could you possibly tell us what the bontainical name is for kenji juniper? it looks a lot like san jose but i cant be sure.


jamie

its a juniper squamata prostrata im guessing you got it from bonsai place nerangba she calls them kenji i have no idea why think its just her thing but its def squamata bit different looking because she grows them in allmost full shade

There was a time when the Boffins renamed Juniperus squamata, as Juniperus squamata pingii. It did not last. A bit like Baekia virgata. To Babingtonia virgata.

Because of the number of labels produced and bought, I still cannot find a Babingtonia in the native nurseries, plenty of Baekias though.

Just a thought, cheers Pup

Here.

maybe this.

this is from your picture kenji-front.jpg.

i think your stock tree has an elegance trunk. so might as well show it and twist the rest to get the same flow.

john

had too much coffee.. and i can't sleep. so here's another one.

dayne wrote:Just remember less is more there's not a lot of good lower branches so to get a convincing tree you'll need to cut back branches hard and grow on or twist it up and compress it more or go for a nice simple literati there's nice movement there

I think Dayne is on to it, like the movement that is hidden under all that foliage, loose those lower branches and go with a literati, JMO.
Dumpers first vert is getting there just a bit more refining and movement in the branches would help.

Dumper wrote:had too much coffee.. and i can't sleep. so here's another one.

That's the less is more attitude I like

If it was mine I would consider taking it down to the first branch.

Something like Jarryd shows here
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