Thats true. The needles are still green but when i brush my hand against the needles some will fall off in clusters. Is it to far gone?
Probably. When collecting you should keep as many of the old roots as possible and research it in this forum.
1st thing you want to do for the 1st couple of years, is to just keep it alive, no styling for a newly collected specimen.
I wouldn't worry though, that's info if you learn from it, and that's not a pretty juniper as it was presented here.
Now, if you edit you information to include your USDA grow zone, and input a general location
where in this world you are practicing the hobby at, it will help.
https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/
or just do a web search "USDA grow zone".