My Junipers

[Gerard]

Some of my junipers, some worked recently some are due for rewire

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[MJL]

Top stuff as usual. That raft looks exciting. Love the shape. I’m not sure what’s happening behind the foliage and how may trunks are coming off the raft but that only makes me want to know more. I am sure it’s fantastic when viewed in person.


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[Gerard]

The raft has been in recovery mode for a couple of years, now it is healthy I need to get stuck in to it.
I forgot to photograph the biggest one

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This photo was taken about a year ago

[MJL]

This last photo moves to no.1 for me - but my tip is that it’ll be displaced by the worked raft.

With all the pines etc... you have an amazing collection of trees. Well played you!


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[Raging Bull]

The j. medina is a great looking tree!! Love it, wish I had something even half as good.

[shibui]

J. medina may be a typo? I'm not aware of any juniper with that name but there was one called Juniper X media though I have not seen many references to that name for a few years so there may have been a name change.

[CurtisVincent]

Amazing collection of junipers there, wow wow wow

[Gerard]

J. medina may be a typo? I'm not aware of any juniper with that name but there was one called Juniper X media though I have not seen many references to that name for a few years so there may have been a name change.

When I get my junipers and my leptospermums confused people suggest I have too many trees.
The tree was styled by John Naka in 1975, unknown species for many years but I am comfortable with juniperus meyerii as the correct identification

[Rory]

Gosh I love that little Shimpaku 1

Very nice Gerard. Lovely trees as always from you.

[shibui]

There has always been a lot of confusion around correct names for junipers. Many species are similar so it can be hard to tell the difference. There are also many varieties of some species and some of those varieties look very different even though they are part of the same species.
A quick search of juniper species looks like meyerii is actually a variety of J. squamata so should probably be J. squamata 'Meyerii'

Juniperus squamata is commonly called singleseed juniper because each fleshy, elliptic, blackish, berry-like seed cone it produces contains only one seed. It is native to mountainous areas from Afghanistan to China and Taiwan. It grows somewhat variably in the wild, from prostrate ground cover to spreading shrub to upright shrub/small tree. Awl-shaped, sharply-pointed, gray-green to blue-green needles (to 5/16” long) appear in whorls of three. Each needle has a gray-white band.
Specific epithet is in reference to the scaly brown bark.

'Meyeri’ is an upright, bushy, female cultivar that is often commonly called Meyer, fishback or fishtail juniper. It typically grows to 5’ tall by 4’ wide, but may over time grow to 15’ tall or more. It is noted for its attractive steel-blue foliage. Unfortunately, plant foliage tends to lose some of its ornamental interest over time because dead needles turn brown but remain on the plant. Cultivar name honors Frank Nicholas Meyer (1875-1918) who collected plants in Eastern Asia for the USDA during the early part of the 20th century.

As I've often said before, the name doesn't matter as much. Far more important that it is a good bonsai, whatever the name.

[Gerard]

Pictures of the 'worked' raft for MJL

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9 trunks in total

[MJL]

Pictures of the 'worked' raft for MJL
9 trunks in total

Thanks Gerard,
I do like it - a lot! Hey, you know what I like best and it seems to be different to many bonsai... I like the low hanging branches, same for that low hanging branch on Squamata 4. Indeed, I thought that I had commented previously on the low branch on Squamata 4 - but it doesn't seem to be on this thread. Maybe someone else's tree. Whatever, I really like the low hanging branch. On the raft, hanging low to the right and at back. And on Squamata 4 hanging just at the pot line. Very cool
Well done.