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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
Join Date: Sep-2004
Location: South San Francisco, CA
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Old California Juniper restyle
I bought this California juniper as collected stock in Los Angeles around 1980.
Not long after that, I got into my powertool phase and made lots of juniper dust. It was a learning process, and great fun.
Two or three years ago it started looking poorly, so I trimmed it back severely, bare rooted it and put it in a larger pot. After a year or so it took off growing. I let it go until today when I decided a totally new look was coming next.
The five images show the process of about 3 hours work. I cut off some branches and removed lots of the old dead wood, until I slimmed it down and improved the trunk taper. Then, heavy trimming on the branches that were left, and some basic wiring. I'm working toward the bunjin look. Height from soil line is about 30 inches.
Now it will rest until early spring when repotting into a more suitable pot will take place.
Mike
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