Suprise, a shimpaku

[Giga]

What are the chances of a big box store having something like this! Went for paint and found a lone little shimpaku. I almost missed it as it was only 10$ and pretty small. So I thought it was a pretty sweet score, even if it'll take a few year to make something of it. Pardon my quick phone shots

 

[sorce]

Hell yeah Giga.

If you ain't lookin', you ain't finding!

Work it well!

Sorce

 

[milehigh_7]

And there you have why I crawl the nurseries and big box stores... It is the thrill of the treasure hunt and the occasional score.

 

[milehigh_7]

although are you sure that's not Juniperus 'Parsonii'?

 

[Giga]

It's been a while since I've had a shimpaku but I'm 99.9% sure it's a shimpaku, plus it was labeled juniperus chinensis. I don't always trust big store lables but everything looks like shimpaku

 

[Giga]

Hell yeah Giga.

If you ain't lookin', you ain't finding!

Work it well!

Sorce

And there you have why I crawl the nurseries and big box stores... It is the thrill of the treasure hunt and the occasional score.

I know I can't help myself, I'm at a point where I have plenty of trees and yamadori lined up that Im not really looking to get new trees. I always have more room for little guys lik this though

 

[milehigh_7]

go here and check out the pic BVF has of the three main vars of Shimpaku https://nebaribonsai.wordpress.com/...s-among-itoigawa-kishu-and-shimpaku-junipers/

Now go look that this parsonii http://adamaskwhy.com/2013/07/24/a-juniper-bonsai-wait-adams-doing-a-juniper/

Look at the length of the foliage

 

[Giga]

I think I forgot to update this one, has a bit to go but i'm having fun with this one

 

[petegreg]

Tanuki? Or where did you take the deadwood parts?

 

[aml1014]

Tanuki? Or where did you take the deadwood parts?

Tanuki, you can see the bottom cut on the deadwood.

Aaron

 

[Giga]

Tanuki, you can see the bottom cut on the deadwood.

Aaron

Yeah, not a true one but it adds to the tree and I have a rock that helps the transition.