Windswept Shimpaku Juniper

Adam

Here's a shimpaku juniper I bought at a bonsai show. Once it feels in with foliage I will update the picture. Comments and suggestions welcomed.

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Adam

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juliet-of-oz

hi ya

i really like your windswept, i have never been game to try one myself so i tried out on yours!! Very very quick virtual just for fun

juliet-of-oz

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Jose_Alberto

Nice tree Adam... Nice "virtuals" Jules

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zeb

That's a nice tree. I made a virt, too.
Please use a cardboard or something as the background when you take pics! It's pure pain to patch a panel (or tile) wall.

I cut the two small branches and the price tag's string .
Then I tilted the remaining branch 30[sup]o[/sup] to the right and produced some foliage. After that I spent 20 min patching the wall...

Wait, wait... I see a smaller pot in the future.


Rgds,
Zeb

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Carl_Bergstrom

Wonderful tree - and excellent virtuals.

If you want to make it a windswept (and I think that's really the only sensible option without major major work) I think you need to be careful to keep the shape and placement of foliage pads consistant with the "wind." Similarly, you want to keep the movement of the major branches consistant with this basic idea.

The powerful upper branch - the one that Zeb chose to keep in his virtual - poses a little bit of a challenge here, growing toward the wind slightly before moving strongly upward. I'd prefer to see a much sharper bend there with a complete reversal of direction, or some sort of rotation to eliminate this problem. I'll ponder it a bit, and post a virtual if any good solutions come to me.

Even as is, though, it's a very minor issue. Wonderful tree!

-Old Mister

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David Chauvin

A couple more virts to consider. Similar to Juliet's, but...

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David Chauvin

Second try!

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David Chauvin

One more

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