Juniperus pfitzerian 'old gold'

defra · Sep 23, 2017

Ill be at noelanders too probably lets meet up there!

defra · Sep 23, 2017

Im going to noelanders too so we should meet up there!
If ruud lagas is one hour drive its worth a visit

Fishtank307 · Sep 23, 2017

defra said:
Im going to noelanders too so we should meet up there!
If ruud lagas is one hour drive its worth a visit

Sounds good!
And I'm probably going to Lagas next week!

thomas22 · Sep 23, 2017

I like the tree tall but there is room for improvements. If you did buy it you could have fun improving it over time. The foliage on Old Gold is not the best but it probably is not that bad on larger trees like the one you are looking into buying.

I worked on my Old Gold last night for an hour and I kept pondering if I should graft better foliage. Mine is much smaller so I'm not sure if I will ever be happy with the foliage.

M. Frary · Sep 23, 2017

thomas22 said:
I'm not sure if I will ever be happy with the foliage

Because it's long ,ropey and unruly.
Or because it's a weird color.

Tentakelaertje · Sep 23, 2017

sorce said:
I don't think it is the straight section itself.

The parts emphasizing and amplifying the straight sectioned are making it way worse than it is.

The long flat plane the bottom of the foliage creates is the worst, being the same size as the straight part makes it even MORE evident. That the pots straight line is the same length....x3 bad!

A Stick figures Ala Smoke let's us see how that plane is pointing towards the straight trunk section, and how it is further enhanced with the jins.

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Our eyes are longing for the support of a strong trunk underneath that canopy. Support that that we feel should be there via that missing trunk line of the big jin.

But if you start to break up those emphasizers......View attachment 161599

Your eye can more easily flow up into and thru and back down the tree.

Bending that trunk up with no reason why is ruining the whole design you are paying at least $70 of the $170 for, as every bit of styling would go straight out the window.

So why not then just buy a $35 one with a shorter more tapered trunk from the nursery?

I like this one though.

With the RIGHT fixes!

Sorce

Fair points Sorce. @Fishtank307 you might wanna keep the money in your pocket for Lagas. Go to Gingko too. I've heard that place is awesome and Danny's pics on facebook say so too.
No idea whether the price is cool or not actually. Pricing is really hard, and US prices vary vastly from European prices. The European prices do vary like a mofo too, Balkan is really cheap compared to ours.
Do let know if you buy the thing!

defra · Sep 23, 2017

Tentakelaertje said:
Fair points Sorce. @Fishtank307 you might wanna keep the money in your pocket for Lagas. Go to Gingko too. I've heard that place is awesome and Danny's pics on facebook say so too.
No idea whether the price is cool or not actually. Pricing is really hard, and US prices vary vastly from European prices. The European prices do vary like a mofo too, Balkan is really cheap compared to ours.
Do let know if you buy the thing!

Ginko is awesome indeed a bit pricey imo
My larch comes from there also 35€ ^^
but it was at sale and looked like a futureless tree glad i turned it around lol
But cool to just look at the tree's at ginko tough well worth the visit!

thomas22 · Sep 23, 2017

M. Frary said:
Because it's long ,ropey and unruly.
Or because it's a weird color.

Because its long, ropey and unruly. I don't mind the color.

M. Frary · Sep 23, 2017

thomas22 said:
Because its long, ropey and unruly. I don't mind the color.

I have a couple of Parsons junipers. I like to keep them in juvenile foliage.
I don't think the adult foliage is quite as long as old gold but it's long enough that I like the juvenile better.
Just cut stuff off and it comes back somewhere else.
They are blue and pretty nice trees or they would be decorating the house as shrubs.

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thomas22

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M. Frary

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