Step By Step Style of Juni through Pics

Was busy clearing out some weeds in quite a few pots and had my camera close by, so I thought I would snap a couple of updated pics of this tree to show the trees progression so far. It has been less than 3 months since this tree was originally worked.

Normally with junipers I have to say that I would not usually remove as much foliage as I did originally with this one... But seeing that the material was very healthy, and the design of the tree being determined by the size of the trunk, called for a tighter more compact tree. I felt it would be good to cut back pretty hard on it and really open it up and begin to force a lot of new growth back further in.

Originally I wire and laid everything flat to help assist in allowing more light... and in the following picture you will see that all new growth since originally styled, is now growing up. As well the tree is beginning to put on a lot more adult foliage in the process, which can be seen better in the second close up picture.







The tree will be allowed to grow till next year about this time. At that point, I will grow through and more than likely do another hard cut, but not a severe as the first time, and I will cut back to all healthy growing new foliage as close in as possible, to try and tighten the design again. With the goal being, that where ever I can, I will cut back to a nice clump of new adult foliage in tighter towards the trunk.

Tree is still in nursery soil, it increases growth and response time at this stage... and will probably not be switched to more of a bonsai type soil until, I really begin to zero in and want to define the tree. So, earliest... end of next year, depending on how the tree develops.

Lastly, during times of just waiting for foliage to grow out... I have often found it to be an awesome time to begin work, or even continue work on sharis...
So, tonight after removing some weeds, I quickly decided to begin to introduce one. In the following picture, you will see that the tree already had some sort of dead spot right in the front at the base of the trunk... so I knew this area was already dead, so I just began to continued it up from here... over time, I will add to it little by little, so as to stress the tree.

Great demo. Don't know how I missed it when originally posted. Is that a procumbens.

verry nice no talk Just watch and Learn!
also nice updates hope to see more !!!

Love seeing step by step pictures like this. Great post.

tree4me said:

Great demo. Don't know how I missed it when originally posted. Is that a procumbens.

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Thanks for the reply, it is a Parsoni.

defra said:

verry nice no talk Just watch and Learn!
also nice updates hope to see more !!!

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Will continue to post as the tree moves along.

GrimLore said:

Some may have missed the reverse wiring over wire scarred branches. It really works nicely giving those branches a gnarly look over time

Grimmy

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After the reverse wiring technique, how long will the scaring take to heal over and look like something presentable?

LeonardB said:

After the reverse wiring technique, how long will the scaring take to heal over and look like something presentable?

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In my climate the Summer growth is pretty good on younger plants being grown out in nursery mix while being pre-trained. Tight wrap left for two season scars quite a bit. So here it would be tow years in each direction and another season for it to look not so scarred and just gnarly. Depends on growth, tightness, wire type and size... mileage will vary

Grimmy

Cool post sawgrass, nice work, looks great!

For the life of me, I could not figure out where in the world I had posted this thread, it took me about an hour to find it...

Anyways... I had finished a project I was working on early, and started to pull out and go through all the junipers I have, to try and figure out what I have to repot this year,
if I need any pots, and any soil... so that hopefully I could get going on it this weekend. When I came across this tree for this thread... and decided that since I wasn't going to repot
it... That I would do a tad bit of work to it to just kill the rest of the night.

Up until tonight... I have only watered it since I finished doing the work above to it... and pulled some weeds.

So... tonight when I started it looked like the first pic... and with allowing myself to be "Fluid" with the tree's design...It changed a tad bit.
Again... I will just let the pictures tell the story.

And finished image for this year's work.

By this time next year... It should be mostly there with all the branching I need... and if all goes well... I will see about moving it to a Bonsai soil and a pot
so I can begin defining what I have. Once I do... this will also slow the tree's growth down dramatically and allow me to get much tighter adult foliage. Right now the tree is moving to fast in the regular nursery soil that It is in... and it holds to much moisture to work the foliage with. But is awesome for construction work and is best left in this type of soil until you begin defining and as long as possible.

One more thing I would like to note... that you will also see that the tree has now changed from a Flat padding style that I originally did for instruction purposes to more of a natural looking style.