Blauwws juniper

[Craig]

Good job so far man.At this rate they are going to look like twins in no time, In regards to the bend did you drill? cut wedge, or just plain force, to get it like that.

Roka, remember my tree faces left and Crivelli's tree faces right ,

I had previously extended the shari up higher, the cambium was healing the cut edge very nicely. I could not have bent this trunk with without splitting the trunk and removing some deadwood from certain areas, the whole process took some time and alot of thinking , at first i was considering other options as i didn't think it was going to happen.

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[Craig]

Hi all, the tree is growing well and hasn't missed a beat, so i decided last night to do the next round of shaping.
All in all the transformation is going great.

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comments/critsism welcome ,

thanks for following

[Bougy Fan]

Wow Craig love all the gadgetry to help the bends - wonder where the copper pipe comes from ? Great result - were there any cracking noises while bending ?

[treeman]

G,day Craig I like what you have decided to do and wish you well, as I have and so have many others all trees can be improved.

There is one problem though, your tree is a Juniper chinensis x media Blauww, a Blauwws juniper.

Cheers Pup

Blaauw is now considered to be pure Juniperus chinensis therefore I believe it should (and I do) call it a Shimpaku.
The green slower growing Shimpaku we are all familiar with is possibly 'Kishu'. If you don't mind the bluish colour, I think it is superior to Kishu for larger sizes as its easier to get finer braching, grows 2-3 times faster, thickens well compared to the green which you will need to wait till your on your death bed before you see a diameter of a couple of inches.
Mind you there are also some good medias around as well 'Lemon Hill' is one. Grow em all!
Craig, I like were your going with this tree.

Cheers T.

[Craig]

Much appreciated Tony and Treeman, still alot to do but not for 6 to 12 mths now,

[kcpoole]

Lovely Transform Craig
Much more interesting tree now.

Ken

[bodhidharma]

looks like your having heaps of fun Craig. The tree is looking great. It will be a process adding the live vein look to the top of the tree.

[Craig]

thanks Bohidarma and Ken

This is how the juniper looks today. It has been moved to a different pot and the planting angle changed . The top section has been compressed a little further and branches positioned ,

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[Pup]

Looking good mate, well done.

Cheers Pup

[Craig]

Looking good mate, well done.

Cheers Pup

Cheers Pup, it's come a fair way now, far better than i had envisioned,

[Pandu]

Brilliant work mate
This is progressing on really well
Cheers
Pandu

[Bretts]

Missed this one before, Great buy, great design and great execution


Hmm maybe there is a better word I could have used instead of ececution
Good luck

[Craig]

Thankyou Pandu and Brett for taking the time to comment , that is after all how this site works, i appreciate them ,,

[Dario]

Wow Craig, it has been an amazing and rather rapid transformation thus far, and it looks a real treat!
The March 5th pics were great, but now with the tweak up top and the angle change, it is even better!

Much appreciated Tony and Treeman, still alot to do but not for 6 to 12 mths now,

...more like two months
But seriously, how long do you think it will take untill you take away the copper pipe helping to facilitate the bend in the trunk?
Cheers, Dario.