Junipers in Australia

[Pup]

Hi Pup that is a nice collection of Junipers you have with nice sharis.

Can you tell us more about the foemina? This is the first time I have seen it which is great that they are here

What about the Shimpy? How long did it take you to bring it to its current state? I have 2 little ones still in its pot and they are nite crawlers at best. Should ground them really.

The middle Procumbens has a big trunk that seems to taper off with no visible trunk chop.. very nice with detailed shari also and the last one nice and quirky

Great stuff thank you

Foemina is also known as the American juniper, it is also sold as juniper sinesis japonica, this one has always puzzled me.

The Shimpaku has been slowly growing in a Bonsai pot for 20 years, finally getting there.

The Procumbens does not have a trunk chop, this tree features in a post by me what can be achieved quick time.
It was actually being grown by a nursery for cascade stock.
The last was garden dug about 10 years ago.
Cheers glad you like them. Pup

[gerald randall]

I don't notice any Chinensis (common chinese juniper), neither any Prince of Wales. Are these not sub-species grown in Australia?

[peterb]

Hi Inspired
on october 4 2013 i put up a post urban yamadori juniper , in pines and junipers you should check it out it has really grown well over the last year and i'm letting it recover for another year before i'll think of what i'm going to do with it. the coke bottle gives it a bit of perspective sizewise
regards
peterb

[peterb]

Hi All
I was hoping somebody could tell me what type of juniper it was that i had posted back then
kind regards
peterb

[Inspired]

It's good to see some varieties getting posted which is great to know what we can get here in Australia.. good to see their developments too.

Yes if you have any Junipers whether in development or at the refining stage that would be a great to see.

ID unknown as it was a collected specie. This one is currently in the ground and has been there for 8 years.
It did lose alot of vigor due to major trunk chop (clearing out 70% of foliage) and is pushing on strong this year.
It's needles are the sharpest and hardest of any juniper I have touched.. it pricks and I get a reaction to it? Any idea what it could be?
At full flight, it does grow very quickly.


Can someone confirm whether this one is a "Juniperus Chinesis" It has juvenile needles that matures to the snake like scale foliage.


Here is a close up of the foliage of the above.


Has anyone grown exotic species from seed?

[Andrew F]

Junipers scale and needle are grown here you see them in garden centres, but what genus?
Who removed a heap of them recently from a nature strip. Ask him.

Sorry am I missing some thing in this reply?

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[treeman]

It's good to see some varieties getting posted which is great to know what we can get here in Australia.. good to see their developments too.

Yes if you have any Junipers whether in development or at the refining stage that would be a great to see.

ID unknown as it was a collected specie. This one is currently in the ground and has been there for 8 years.
It did lose alot of vigor due to major trunk chop (clearing out 70% of foliage) and is pushing on strong this year.
It's needles are the sharpest and hardest of any juniper I have touched.. it pricks and I get a reaction to it? Any idea what it could be?
At full flight, it does grow very quickly.


Can someone confirm whether this one is a "Juniperus Chinesis" It has juvenile needles that matures to the snake like scale foliage.


Here is a close up of the foliage of the above.


Has anyone grown exotic species from seed?

The top one looks like squamata ''Meyeri'' but its hard to tell from the pic. Is it blue?
The bottom 2 are Chinesis var San hose. The scale and needle leaves constantly appear. Not a good variety but very good to graft Shimpaku onto!

[GavinG]

I've grown J. rigida , as I mentioned - they grow easily from cuttings (I'm cheap). Ground grow them for any girth at all, and maybe don't dig them as frequently as I did, let them grow long with many trunks to thicken the butt, then shari most of them, as the Japanese do. They're quite robust. I've tried shore juniper, J. conferta - they should be OK, but I think I've cut back mine too hard too quickly, and they sulked horribly.

Gavin

[Bush bunny]

Andrew and pup. Do your research and look up 'My greatest challenge ever'

[Bush bunny]

Sometimes, scale junipers revert to juvenile foliage, Needle like, like the one pictured. It is generally caused by some kind of stress. (change of environment, re-potting?) This happened to one of mine when it was small, and I took the advise in books and cut the few off. They were also part of die back on the lowest branches of the tree.

We may not have many Australian native junipers that suit bonsai, but they are grown as full size trees. Well I have seen them here in Armidale but it is a temperate zone, with many introduced pines, and palms, plus deciduous trees. Best of luck, eh.

[Neli]

I am in Africa, but I think we have the same type of junipers.
I have been trying to experiment with the only naive african juniper: Widringtonia.
I bough 10 young ones and planted them in the ground. Took lots of cutting and they are growing too. Never seen such a fast juniper growth. They now also have mature foliage and are 2m tall with some despite all the chopping have trunks close to 4cm, and they were only 1cm last year. Never bothered to take pictures yet though.
I also have a number of itoigawa, prostrata procumbens shore and chinensis.
This are some of my 30 itoigawa.

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[Pup]

Andrew and pup. Do your research and look up 'My greatest challenge ever'

Why would I do that

[Neli]

BB,
Both Pup and Andrew are experienced bonsai hobbyists....Pup is professional, with 30+ years experience.... I dont think hey need to do any research before looking at your thread.

[Boics]

Neli they are some epic specimens.
Keep us posted.

Pup. As always inspiring.

[Neli]

Thanks Boics,
I am just growing branches now...and fattening them...the primaries were chopped off short.