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Hi guys,

I just picked this bonsai up from the garden (someone threw it away) and wondering what species is this beautiful plant :reading:
Could someone please help?

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looks like a sergeants juniper. Thats probably one of the very best varieties to grow for bonsai.
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Correct identification but the name Sergeants juniper is a complete misnomer dating back to the early 1980s.

Its correct name is Shimpaku juniper or Juniperus chinensis "Shimpaku".

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:o Someone threw it away!? and its not even dead! :lol:

Nice find for you though :tu:
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Grant Bowie wrote:Correct identification but the name Sergeants juniper is a complete misnomer dating back to the early 1980s.

Its correct name is Shimpaku juniper or Juniperus chinensis "Shimpaku".

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Oh, sorry, I stand corrected. thats what we called it back in the early 80's when I started in bonsai.
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Brian wrote:
Grant Bowie wrote:Correct identification but the name Sergeants juniper is a complete misnomer dating back to the early 1980s.

Its correct name is Shimpaku juniper or Juniperus chinensis "Shimpaku".

Grant
Oh, sorry, I stand corrected. thats what we called it back in the early 80's when I started in bonsai.
No worries, old habits are hard to break.

"The" Seargents Juniper is an American prostrate growing grown cover.

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I still call mine Seargeants :lol: :lol: :palm:
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Anyone know what species of juniper this is :)Image


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Can't possibly be called a Sergeants Juniper, nowhere near fat enough. Possibly a Diggers Juniper or at a stretch a LanceJack Juniper. Also can't be a Corporal Juniper because it is not strong and powerful and looking fantastic. ;)
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likes like juniper procumbens which makes excellent bonsai material.
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Looks like Squamata.
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I would say J. procumbens too but procumbens and squamata are quite similar so could be difficult to be sure, especially while it has juvenile foliage like this one. The name will not make any difference to how you look after it. Both will be treated the same way.
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It's a juniper procumbens I have found out thanks :)


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Also any care tips, I don't really know the ins and outs of looking after it, all I know it hasn't died but their are a few yellow needles where new branches are turning brown


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