My Hollywood Juniper

Good stuff Dave, I really like the movement you've added to the branches.

I've seen some impressive Hollywood junipers in Ft. Walton Beach. It made me think about trying one as bonsai, they seem to be pretty strong growers.
 
I'm new to these forums so I'm just seeing this thread for the first time, but I love the progression
 
Thanks, guys. Brian, after watching Kathey Shaner twist the heck out of one of my old RMJ branches, I decided to do the same to this tree this past April. It's a great technique that adds so much character to the canopy and also seems to get the branches to set sooner. The wire is already biting in to some branches, and most are set, so the wire will come off in another month or two.
 
One last update for the year:D. The wire is off and the deadwood has been lime sulfured. Unfortunately, the edge of the live vein withdrew from the right base of the trunk after I removed the foliage from the lower right and can't be seen anymore from the front. Oh well, at least you can still see it on the left.
 

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Looking good to me Dave. I like the movement in the branches. It has to be pretty scraggly to match the deadwood in my opinion. Is that pine next to it posted somewhere on these forums?
 
Good stuff Dave. Looking forward to the update on the JRP as well...
 
This is an elegant solution to a tree that started out with less potential. You've given me encouragement to return to a similar juniper that I have and look at it with fresh eyes!
 
I showed this tree last month at my annual club show. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take pics (because I wasn't there) but here is one from today after it's bath and shave last month.
 

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Nice! You did remove more than 1/3 of the foliage yes?

Is this the one you plan on grafting shimpaku on? I would like to follow that if possible.

Thanks.
 
This tree is by far and away my most vigorous juniper and usually needs significant pruning several times a year to keep it in shape. I cut it back hard for the show, as I wanted a sparse canopy...I honestly don't know if I removed exactly 1/3 of the foliage or not. I removed enough to stress the tree out, though...it sulked for about a month after the show then started pushing Juvenile growth EVERYWHERE. It reverted back to mature foliage late last summer and continues to grow strongly. Anyway, I am planning to graft shimpaku on to this tree...maybe this week.

Fwiw, I have removed WAY more then 50% of both a juniper's canopy and root system (maybe not at the same time, though, but I've come close). I've routinely done this working down nursery stock. If the tree is healthy, it's the right time of year, and your horticultural practices are sound, you can be very aggressive with pruning and not run the risk of losing the tree, or even slowing it down.
 
Can you please take pics of your grafting process?
 
Didn't you both ask me to post pics last week in another thread...fwiw,I did and I figured you both saw them. I can certainly take pics when I graft this one, but the pics and process will look pretty similar to what I already posted.
 
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