Shimpaku

[vancehanna]

From an airlayer started 24 months ago.
Attempting to go for a cascade…

 

[Shibui]

Nice little starter juniper. I find shimpaku frustrating for very small trees as it is hard to develop good compact foliage pads on that scale.
Shipaku is apical dominant so having that large upright apex is likely to weaken the cascade section. My attempts seem to do much better when the apex is minimal or pruned harder than the cascade branch most of the time.

 

[vancehanna]

Nice little starter juniper. I find shimpaku frustrating for very small trees as it is hard to develop good compact foliage pads on that scale.
Shipaku is apical dominant so having that large upright apex is likely to weaken the cascade section. My attempts seem to do much better when the apex is minimal or pruned harder than the cascade branch most of the time.

Good thoughts!!

 

[bwaynef]

I think this tree has promise, but not as a cascade.

 

[vancehanna]

A little update on this mame. I'm leaving it tilted in an upright direction as of today to cause the 'cascade' to begin to dominate.

 

[vancehanna]

Here’s my little guy after this season. Filling in quite nicely, a little wiring needs and voila! The tree is showing potential.