Progression - Juniperus c. 'Wintergreen'

[edro]

Is the tree doing well since the repot?
There isn't much soil there. I bet you have to water everyday, even twice a day in some of this recent heat.
What part of Ohio are you in? I love the tree!

 

[BonsaiRic]

Edro,

This tree is doing well after the repot. With my growing media recipe, all my trees are watered twice a day for 1-3 minutes by an automatic irrigation system.

 

[edro]

Are you close enough to Columbus to come to our show on Aug. 20-21?

 

[BonsaiRic]

If it's the one at Maennerchor I was there last year and planning on it this year too.

 

[BonsaiRic]

Finally ready for display at the 32nd Ohio Regional Bonsai Show at Dawes Arboretum!!

 

[edprocoat]

Beautiful tree! I was wondering when the 32nd Ohio Regional Bonsai Show is scheduled to take place? I have never been to a Bonsai show or the Dawes Arboretum and I am not that far from Columbus and would love to check out the show and especially the tree.

ed

 

[BonsaiRic]

Check out Dawes' site here
Hope to see you there, Ed!

 

[edro]

Looks great! I'll be at the Dawes show too.
I am surprised how green and healthy it looks after all the work you have done to it.
You must protect it and keep it well watered.

 

[milehigh_7]

Ric big thumbs up for this thread! It was so awesome to see it from can to show ready! Just brilliant work.

 

[BonsaiRic]

I performed a light rewiring and trimming back the ends of the vigorous shoots.

This cultivar of juniper backbuds powerfully from branch crotches so the trimming back of vigorous shoots this time of year (with energy stored in the roots) will provide a flurry of budding next spring.

With temps here in the 20's at night, I'll keep the tree in my unheated garage for a few weeks, with occasional misting, to recover some before putting it outside in it's sheltered area. I'll try and pick a stretch of slightly warmer weather to reintroduce the tree outside so as not to stress it too much.

Before and after pics.

 

[BonsaiRic]

Post 50 of this thread is the latest in the progression but I just found some pics of my repotting of this tree in Spring 2010 (see post #34, pg 4 of this thread).

This tree was nursery-grown in peat-based growing media so the media had decayed into a black organic goo. I rinsed the roots out so that this goo would not cause root rot when I potted it up into my porous bonsai media. This tree responded very well to this treatment. (not recommeded for pines by the pine experts but I've rinsed roots with a water jet for deciduous trees, Taxus, and Junipers with no ill effects)

 

[JudyB]

Every time I see this thread again, I remember how much I love a well done formal upright. You just don't see them too often anymore, so when you do see a well made one, it makes it all the more special.
Very nice achievement.

 

[Poink88]

Ric,

Your tree is awesome. I love how it looks now. Good job!!!

 

[tmmason10]

Ric, this is one hell of a progression thread. It looks like you have taken your time and are rewarded with a great piece. Well done.

 

[BonsaiRic]

Tree on display at the 33rd Ohio Regional Bonsai Show at Dawes Arboretum, June 8th-9th.

 

[october]

As soon as I saw the title. I remembered this tree without even opening the post. I think that this might be one of the closest to perfection that a formal upright can be. I mean, the taper, the near complete straightness and the amazing branch placement. The branch placement is nearly perfect ladder formation all the way to the top.

I notice in the new pic, the tree has a bit of a lean to it, was this on purpose. Either way, it is spectacular. The pics on the page prior to this where you can really see the branches are beautiful also.

Great formals are so hard to pull off. I mean any little thing like a curve in the bottom, at the top or the slightest problematic taper issue can ruin the design.

Rob

 

[BonsaiRic]

Good eye to notice the lean!! I noticed it too once it was on the show table. I was not about to tweak the anchoring wires at that point No one mentioned it during the show.

It must be that my bench at home is off enough that I didn't notice it. I guess the tree shifted on the rock somehow but I straightened it up at home by a slight adjustment of the anchoring wires (not while sitting on its bench though )

 

[BonsaiRic]

1st pic is from the Dawes Arboretum show in June (post #55). 2nd pic taken today, 8-30-13. Good amount of summer growth.

 

[pmalelis]

1st pic is from the Dawes Arboretum show in June (post #55). 2nd pic taken today, 8-30-13. Good amount of summer growth.

awesome, what more can I say.

 

[JudyB]

I would like to see this tree in person someday, it is looking like it enjoyed the summer. Amazing what taking that slight lean out of the planting angle did for it. Very nice indeed.