This is a small Shinpaku juniper that i bought this year from Shibui. He had done lots of growing and twisting over a number of years and I saw lots of potential in it.
All I have done so far was shorten a sacrifice branch and some long growth to make it stable enough to be potted into a small Tokoname grey drum pot.
That was about 6 months ago and it is doing fine so I will start to work on it over the next week.
Grant
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Re: Small Shinpaku juniper
Great stock.
Looking forward to this thread Grant.
Looking forward to this thread Grant.
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Re: Small Shinpaku juniper
Got stuck into it and nearly finished for now.Boics wrote:Great stock.
Looking forward to this thread Grant.
Removed a lot of branches, lots of little jin and a few new twists etc.
Post picture after lunch
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Cool!
Also. I assume no spelling mistake?
I've always seen shimpaku as opposed to shinpaku?
Also. I assume no spelling mistake?
I've always seen shimpaku as opposed to shinpaku?
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Re: Small Shinpaku juniper
It's a beautiful tree. Has lots of potential.
Can't wait to see it refined.
I do believe it's Shimpaku...I could be mistaken though
Can't wait to see it refined.
I do believe it's Shimpaku...I could be mistaken though
Slow and steady wins the race
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Re: Small Shinpaku juniper
Finished for now.
Let foliage elongate and thicken but not too much as this tree will always have to be kept sparse so that the curves don't over thicken and disappear.
There are also a few small branches still to remove but have wired them into place for now.
Grant
Let foliage elongate and thicken but not too much as this tree will always have to be kept sparse so that the curves don't over thicken and disappear.
There are also a few small branches still to remove but have wired them into place for now.
Grant
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Cool Grant.
Didn't expect that.
Would love to see you document the next stages.
Didn't expect that.
Would love to see you document the next stages.
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Shall do. Introduce some more jin and shari once it has regrown a bit. Shouldn't take too long,Boics wrote:Cool Grant.
Didn't expect that.
Would love to see you document the next stages.
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Re: Small Shinpaku juniper
All those years of work and look what he's done to it
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Re: Small Shinpaku juniper
shibui wrote:
All those years of work and look what he's done to it
I wasn't expecting that either! I was looking at the lower branch for the tree with the upper branch (now trunk) as deadwood.
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Re: Small Shinpaku juniper
A future literati, perhaps? Salvatore Liporace would love the required (by him) 7 twists!
Anyway, I'm sure this small tree will be fun to work with, and that you'll make a success of it.
Lisa
Anyway, I'm sure this small tree will be fun to work with, and that you'll make a success of it.
Lisa
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Re: Small Shinpaku juniper
Another one from the same source.
Pot is a very old grey green olive smooth Tokoname pot that i purchased many, many years ago.
Grant
Pot is a very old grey green olive smooth Tokoname pot that i purchased many, many years ago.
Grant
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Re: Small Shinpaku juniper
accidental double post that a moderator could remove.
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