Restyle of Juniper

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Restyle of Juniper

Post by Deadwood »

Thought I would share the progression of a little juniper.

Tree in 2005....
Jun 1.JPG
in 2008....
jun2.JPG
November 2009 a radical change from this...
jun3.JPG
to this....
jun4.JPG
And finally the pot to finish it all off in 2010.
Jun sml.JPG
I think it is heading in the right direction.
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Re: Restyle of Juniper

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Much better.
I would reduce the amount of foliage on the end thos as well

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Re: Restyle of Juniper

Post by GavinG »

The trunk line is exceptional. It needs something light, clear and directional at the end. The hunk contains it, it's up to you to find it.

Good luck, great start,

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Re: Restyle of Juniper

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Great work, gives me confidence that I could always change the picture later if I dont like how mine are shaping up.

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Re: Restyle of Juniper

Post by Jamie »

I dont know how i missed this one but i did!

you have made a great transformation, I agree with KC here, i would wire out what you have there to work with, then remove branching that wont work, that way you wont cut a branch and then think - CRAP i needed that ;)

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