But seriously Brian Van Fleet, that is one nice looking juniper. Did you peel the flaky bark off when placing it in the mesh top pot? I do stuff like that all the time and then regret it right after doing it, I have a procumbens greenmound juniper that is literally begging me to peel the bark and so far I have resisted, yet its like the Borg, "resistance is futile" with flaky bark. In your third picture up top here, lay that over to the left and I bet it would make one hell of a raft style, thats a style I really love that most people just do not attempt and this tree is just asking for that treatment IMO. I can not wait to see whatever you decide to do with it as it sure is full of potential, yet I still feel you should just send it to someone in OHIO, maybe a guy named ed.
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