AusBonsai

I’ve had this Juniper kicking around the yard for a couple of years. I was going to air layer the whips but I have too many works in progress as it is.
Finally decided to do something with it.

Nice, the proportions are much better now.

Could you get a bit more movement into that main trunk or is it set pretty solidly? It'd add a bit if it could mimic the lower branch.

Scott Roxburgh wrote: ↑March 4th, 2025, 2:25 pm Nice, the proportions are much better now.

Could you get a bit more movement into that main trunk or is it set pretty solidly? It'd add a bit if it could mimic the lower branch.

Agree with the above but like your vision regardless. I think you’re on the right track.

Thanks guys. I may be able to get a bit more movement out of the main trunk. I’ll give it a try.

If the main trunk is already too thick to get bend into it, one option is to chop down to a new leader. You need to decide if it's the right move for your tree, but I wanted to share this juniper where I did a dramatic trunk chop.

Chop was done 4 growing seasons ago and it has almost completely healed over and you can see the amount of growth I've gotten in that time since.

Cut was done about 2 inches from the ground:


Top section is going to be jinned and I'm now working on secondary branching, but you can see how much growth has happened in the 4 growing season since being chopped:

TimIAm wrote:If the main trunk is already too thick to get bend into it, one option is to chop down to a new leader. You need to decide if it's the right move for your tree, but I wanted to share this juniper where I did a dramatic trunk chop.

Chop was done 4 growing seasons ago and it has almost completely healed over and you can see the amount of growth I've gotten in that time since.

Cut was done about 2 inches from the ground:

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Top section is going to be jinned and I'm now working on secondary branching, but you can see how much growth has happened in the 4 growing season since being chopped:

IMG_7091 (Copy).jpg

Hi Tim - am I understanding correctly that everything above the arrow in the first picture is new growth in 4 growing seasons? Very impressive and the bark in the growth looks good too!


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Thanks. I had it growing in an Anderson flat, so plenty of space to grow and kept it well fed and did minimal pruning.