Juniper

Bonsai_james

Hello

Im new to this forum but have explored it and found some great information and tips - not to mention all those great trees. I have been 'doing' bonsai for around 4 years but still consider myself very much a beginner. I have numerous trees of variuos species but my favourites are Pinus, Acer, Ulmus and Juniperus. Im from South East England so if anyone else is from this area - say hello and perhaps we could meet up and discuss bonsai.

Now for my first picture of my trees i have compiled a small 'gallery' of pics of a 20cm juniperus (not sure which one??) The pictures are aranged so that the front is top left, back is top right, left view bottom right and right view bottom left. I would be open to constructive critism on this tree - i only re styled it yesterday as it got rather neglected this past season.

Rgds James

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Jay

Nice Tree.... may I make a small suggestion, When you take your pictures try and take them more head on. Your pictures are looking down at the tree. A better view is with the camara at or only a little above the base of the tree. IMHO..... Jay

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Bonsai_james

Jay

I have taken another picture of the juniper from the angle you suggest. Sometimes i think the tree is not shown to its full glory at this angle (this tree is ok) and a slightly higher angle as per first picture is better. I also include another tree that is 25 cm tall but i cant remember the name of it - its just been restyled also but will need another few years growth.

James

Bonsai_james

Heres the other tree

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B-James,
The work is done, my only suggestion now is to let em grow! Go buy some more!

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bonsaial1

Hi James, The tree has mucho po-ten-shal. I am wondering about the wiring though. I have not seen that method in any of the books I have read. Nah, just kidding. The wire though does not seem to be anchored properly on the other branches to do any good. Matt, the moderator of this forum has a good animated wire thingy that shows how to apply. I think with about 2 hours work you could acheive about 75% of what I have created below. This is by no means the only thing possible. There are countless ways one could style this tree. Detail wiring is the most overlooked aspect of bonsai, and one of the small details that can change a tree the fastest. It is not uncommen for M. Kimura to spend 8 to 10 hours, with two assistants, to wire a tree properly. Now that may be overkill, but I would like to see you spend two hours wiring and pinching, and then repost this tree as an exercise. The reason is that I think this is a tree with the right potential for everyone to learn something from. How bout it! The pressure's on...


Waiting for the new pic, Bonsaial

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Al

The wiring on this juniperus is not very clear from the photo, the wires do go around the trunk at least once - not ideal but it works due to the thickness of each wire. I would anticipate these wires will come off by early autumn as this juniper lignifies quite quickly. The foliage will require another pinching later on in the year once its grown out slightly to define the shape.

Thanks for the virtual i will keep it for referance - any chance someone could do a virtual of the other tree here?

As to buying some more trees - i now prefer to style from collected pieces and i have too many potensai waiting to be done. I want to also try the method i saw somewhere using the hardwood centre with saplings stapled to it.

James