AusBonsai

This time Craig our illustrious moderator had to work a bit harder, but the prize was smaller. He first had to remove rocks then dig the look for roots. Tenacity was his and he drove away with a big grin and I was minus some Juniper squamata.

Pup, where's the second tree? that first one is awesome mate, i've just been trimming it back some more and the possibilities within this one tree are endless, bit hard to see in the pic so i'll post a new one up tomorrow. Big Thanks to Mrs Pup for letting me dig her garden up at least we left some for her

Sorry mate but I thought I had taken some of the smaller one but was to busy getting towels and wetting them so the roots did not dry out still how is that one, much in it

Pup

The first tree ready to recover,

Aww thats nice
Craig, do you have a real Job, or just go looking for trees all day at pups place?

Ken

You gotta take em when they're offered or they'll be gone,

This is the second tree before anything had been done to it ,







The trunk as you see it in blue is a ground layered section, with an interesting bend not far above soil level,the general direction of the roots marked in green,



I studied this tree for a while, looking at the different possibilities. Only 1 position seemed right, I wasn't sure but decided to give it a try,
I turned the trunk upside down and rearranged the roots to flow the opposite way,



And potted it up, I had to cut a section out of the pot for the trunk to fit down into, then patched up the hole around it,



The angle looked right but the long tall straight trunk didn't quite fit , so i cut it off and went to the next step,



and some small alterations ,





Something a little different, still alot to do after it recovers, but i like it ,

hmmmm intersting potting method, taking lateral thinking lateral, I think.....another good score.
gotta say I love that sand...I'm just building up courage to go across the road to dig the neighbours 20 year old Prunus whateverous that he offered last week...out of clay mate, clay.

Lovely find
You sure you can do that much to a Juni at the same time?
I woud have waited for recovery from collecting first. It will be interesting to watch

Ken

great work, creative thinking!!