Junipers on parade

[october]

Just wanted to post a bunch of my junis. Some I have posted before, some are more recent pics. All are still in training.

p.s. The last one is a phoenix graft

Rob

 

[Victrinia Ridgeway]

I always love seeing your 'happy triangles'... it's very Bob Ross of you... lol

Seriously though... I never get tired of seeing your work. Always awesome.... Tanuki though??? That's just crazy talk.

hugs,

V

 

[october]

lol...If I start growing the Bob Ross hair do...Pleaase talk me out of it.....Actually, I think the triangles like me and not the other way around.. They always find me no matter where I am...lol...Ya, I am not really that big on Tanuki.. It is my only one and probably will always be my only one. I like that it is a shohin, which you do not see very often.

 

[Bob O]

Very nice junipers!

I am interested with what's going on with the dead wood on the literati. ?

Whats wrong with triangles? LOL... I like em too.

Thanks for shareing,

Bob O

 

[Victrinia Ridgeway]

Whats wrong with triangles? LOL... I like em too.

Brother... that is a whole different thread.

V

 

[october]

Thank you Bob.. The pic of the literati is deceiving. Only some of the branches are jinned. There is actually no shari. The bark is old and flaky in some spots. Here is a close up pic of the top half of the tree.

Rob

 

[edprocoat]

October, how long does it take a juniper to attach itself to a phoenix graft? should you use the same wood, or does it matter if one were to use an unknown piece of wood on a juniper or a pine? These are things I never see addressed when reading about this Tanuki stuff, I would love to try it as the possibilities seem endless and I have seen some examples such as yours here that look amazing. One final question, I have seen some Italian cypress trees in the box stores that are about an inch thick trunk and very flexible, the same trunk on a juniper would be stiff, do you think these could work as a Tanuki on an old piece of trunk? I was thinking of semi wrapping one around the trunk of a stout piece of spruce trunk I have.

ed

 

[Vance Wood]

Very nice Junipers. Very artistically done and your patience and skill shows itself off with these trees. It takes a lot of time and concentration to do a proper pinch and clip on Junipers, it's possible to spend an entire day on one tree. Very nice--oh ! I said that, doubly nice. You have no need to add the caveat "they're still in training". Any one who would be critical of these trees is either visually challenged or jealous and looking to knock you down a peg or two.

 

[rock]

Yes agree with V-Wood, good job. Shimpaku is easy to spot but what are the others, ?

I like the upside down pot as a stand, clever

 

[tmmason10]

Awesome trees thanks for sharing with us again. Inspired to try some this year.

 

[october]

Thank you Vance. Your reply was probably one of the biggest compliments that my work has ever received... Also, with the exception of tree #3, all the styling work was done by me. Also, most were created from nursery stock. Some, literally just bushes. Tree 3 was initially styled about 1 1/2 years from rough stock by Suthin Sukosolvisit in a private tutorial session in which I assisted. This season, I potted the tree into a bonsai pot, trimmed it, lime sulfured it and rewired some parts.

Hello and thank you Ed.. You can pretty much use any kind of drift/dead wood and it does not have to match the species of the live tree. Also, you can pretty much use almost any young/flexible tree. I believe one of the reasons why we use junipers is because they are somewhat flexible, but also very tough. You will notice that the majority of carving in the bonsai world is on junipers. As far as the time it takes to graft, I am not really sure. However, since the live tree is usually screwed into the driftwood with brass screws, time is not an issue. Since the tree is screwed in, wrapping the tree with tape of rafia is also not necessary. One thing you would need to do is to carve a channel in the wood where the live tree (whip) will go. The channel sould be predominately on the side/back of the driftwood. This is to hide the graft somewhat, but not necessarilly all the way. You may want to have a little of the live tree trunk showing to similate that there is still one live vein left on the material.

Hello rock and thank you. The upside down pot is for functional purposes. This tree is rather tall and the wind can and will blow it right off the ledge. So I ended up attaching it to the upside down pot with wire. This makes a steady base for the tree. Also, so the pot the tree is in is not scratched, I put pieces of black, self adhesive tape where ever the wire touches the pot.

p.s. The first tree is a procumbens and the 4th tree is a san jose. All others are shimpaku

Rob

 

[Attila Soos]

Cool stuff and great job.
My favorite is the first juniper, it reminds me of a graceful ballerina tip-toeing....

 

[rich415]

Very Nice. You make me want to add more junipers to my growing collection.

I love the Jins on that tall literati. Most people would get rid of the lower ones. I commend you for keeping them on. It makes the tree have a more natural feeling.

Rich

 

[october]

Thanks Attila and rich415..Yes, the jins are a suble, yet important part of the look of the tree. They are more pronounced in person. I want them to tell the story of a tree that has lost it's lower branches due to great age.

Rob

 

[Lancaster]

Gotta love junipers. And those are indeed some nice junipers!

I'm glad to see that a lot of the recent posts have been trees that have been developed from nursery stock.

-Troy

 

[kmdesigns]

Great work dude! Absolutely love the cascade and the yamadori.

 

[october]

Thank you very much Lancaster and kmdesigns