junipers and what 2 or 3 years can do

chrisatrocky · Post by **chrisatrocky** » March 2nd, 2012, 9:03 pm

I'm only new at bonsai, less than 6 years all up, and I am amazed the difference a couple of years makes. Here are some of our junipers we have been playing aroud with.
large juniper squamata

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another juniper squamata, now comletely turned around and the cascade moved to the side.

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alittle sargent juniper

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this one is a Cupressus glabra 'Limelight' Tanuki

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This one we bought at Kmart before we knew what a bonsai was.

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we try to keep a photo record of our trees, we look back on some and say to ourselves, "what were we thinking with that?"

chris

bodhidharma · Post by **bodhidharma** » March 2nd, 2012, 9:32 pm

Nice progress. It is a must to keep photographic records. It helps immensely with styling the tree and also lets you know that the tree.DOES change.

cuwire · Post by **cuwire** » March 3rd, 2012, 7:52 am

Chris

Your last juni is amazing -- how did you encourage the new upright trunk/branch ... any in between pics ??

cheers David

Andrew F · Post by **Andrew F** » March 3rd, 2012, 10:27 am

Nice effort mate, great progression shots.

The Hacker · Post by **The Hacker** » March 3rd, 2012, 3:34 pm

Hi Chris

Very nice how often do you feed them?

Regard's

The Hacker

chrisatrocky · Post by **chrisatrocky** » March 3rd, 2012, 10:57 pm

Cuwire, up until Sept 2010, the upright/ leader was an horizontal branch opposite the other, forming a flat umbrella top, not very appealing. I wired and twisted it upward to where it is now. Saved this tree from being ousted from our collection. this tree is 20cm tall and 25cm wide

T.H., we fertilize every 4 - 6 weeks with half strength liquid fert, in the growing season (mid Aug to mid March). No fertilizing the rest of the year. We use half strength fert on bonsai junipers so they don't explode with growth. Full strength on the junipers in grow pots. The best thing to keep junipers growing and healthy is, full sun all day, every day.

chris

chrisatrocky · Post by **chrisatrocky** » March 3rd, 2012, 11:01 pm

a better pic of the 1st juni with the backgruond cleared

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chris

chrisatrocky · Post by **chrisatrocky** » March 6th, 2012, 2:58 pm

update on 1 & 2 after a bit of pinching and branch moving photos taken 3 march 2012.

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chris

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