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Greybeard
Join Date: Aug-2001
Location: Fresno, CA
Country: USA
Posts: 5,247
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Formal Upright Juniper
On another forum last June I posted a Foemina juniper that had been on my benches for a few years but I had never done anything with it. I did not originally stayle the tree and it was given to me by a friend. The tree was hard wired into the clay pot and was in terrible condition. In the before pictures you will note a very healthy albeit over grown bush. The condition the tree was in whan I got it was not this good.
In June I decided to start doing some work to the tree. It had set long enough. The tree was an upright tree alright but had a small bend in the trunk on the best view of the trunk. The tree has a large shari on the front I did not do. It is OK and will add much interest to the trunk when its finished.
The tree was wired over hard with a block of wood as a fulcrum and the trunk was bent staright with a clamp. The top wire was put on and the tree was pruned and wired for shape as a rough styling. The pruning was done hard, almost back to the point that the green was only 1/4 inch past the dead needles. This induces a very large flush of buds on healthy junipers.
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