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Hi all, Im about to start working this juniper that i came across recently, so i thought i'd do a progression of it. What inspired me is the overall outline of the canopy,and being a raft, i couldn't resist the challenge. The height is about 280mm, it's 630mm wide, and about 400mm deep, in total there are 9 trunks, 5 live and 4 dead. The roots are totally matted and are going to take alot of sorting out . I've already started to strip the dead bark from the trunks and cleaning all the dead branches/ foliage out. will keep you posted...feel free to comment and sorry about the poor quality pics.. Craig.

An interesting looking tree I have to say, those trunks look like they've been on the 'wild side' . Can't wait to see how your going to style this one.

Hugh

nice juni.

very nice.

Thanks Hugh and Dumper Craig

Hi Craig , no doubt you will sort this one out . Was this collected or purchased as is , either way its a nice piece to work with .Cheers Alpine

Hi Alpine, cheers mate, i purchased the raft as is.

Hi all, I've cleaned the tree up a bit and revealed the dead trunks. Now it'll be easier to see where to go next Craig

Very nice Craig. I'm glad that you have found an odd number of trunks alive. The dead remnants have split up the image attractively. You're going to enjoy having this raft. A good pot is going to cost you next year.

Hi Don, 5live trunks- yes that sure was a bit of luck, i am happy about that

stymie wrote:Very nice Craig. I'm glad that you have found an odd number of trunks alive. The dead remnants have split up the image attractively. You're going to enjoy having this raft. A good pot is going to cost you next year.

. I already love it, Cheers Craig

Hi all, I finally made the decision to repot this raft. the new pot is 480mm wide, 290mm and 40mm deep.I've cleaned up the matted roots the best i can for this repot. Now it's repotted it stands 360mm high (including pot), 720mm wide and about 420mm deep. I haven't wired or anything yet, that'll come when it recovers..Comments welcomed Thanks Craig

Hi Craig, it is starting to look good. I would consider going for a more compact look and maybe lose the long branch. It looks a little unbalanced with it

Thanks Bodhidharma, i haven't really trimmed any branches yet but i started with this one as i agree with you

if the tree was mine id keep it alot like it is now as i like it. in my opinion it only needs a fine touch when wired. a fine looking juniper

Nice setting.

Had some time on my hands so I played around with a virt:
Hope you don't mind.

Lennard

Thanks de_keizer and Lenard,, good work on the virt, Much appreciated guys---Regards Craig