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bonsaiTALK Adept
Join Date: May-2005
Location: Vancouver, WA
Country: USA
Posts: 234
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San Jose Juniper styling help needed
I've had this San Jose Juniper for over 15 years, most of them it has been growing wild with the occasional hack back. The tree is now 16" (40 cm) from soil to the top, and the base is 2" (5 cm) just above the roots.
This tree has really nice roots, intersting trunk, but little taper until halfway up (and in fact, a bit of inverse taper at that knot halfway up, though with the curve it looks worse than it is).
It seems to me that the answer is some deadwood, probably everything from about halfway up, and perhaps down the trunk to help with the taper. But I just can't picture what the tree would look like, and what I should "keep".
I apologize for the quality of the pictures, I don't want to remove any foliage until I have a plan, I hope you can get a feeling for the tree from these. Any ideas or virtuals appreciated!
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