Paulpash
Masterpiece
I've learned a lot from this tree regarding Juniper - specifically to not really touch them much in terms of pruning when they are growing out. If you cut them back hard they sulk for years, especially in our fairly cold climate. This variety is called Blauuws juniper - a variety of chinensis. It's far more tolerant of abuse than Shinpaku and you really have to scalp it for it to revert to juvenile.
It was ground grown in the garden and then dug out. I don't tend to take pictures of stuff in the ground - usually it's just a huge ball of foliage that doesn't really say a lot.
Here's the first pic I took of it after it came out. 2016. As you can see - lots of dead foliage and twigs.
And a closer look at the base
So first on the agenda was to bare root it.
And get it into a decent mix to recover. I'd cut some pretty substantial roots.
2018.
After a few years I thought it was strong enough to go in a pot and the bones of the tree were set. The mesh is to stop birds pecking the soil out. It still has a few excess branches but these can be removed over time as I see it extend runners.
It was ground grown in the garden and then dug out. I don't tend to take pictures of stuff in the ground - usually it's just a huge ball of foliage that doesn't really say a lot.
Here's the first pic I took of it after it came out. 2016. As you can see - lots of dead foliage and twigs.
And a closer look at the base
So first on the agenda was to bare root it.
And get it into a decent mix to recover. I'd cut some pretty substantial roots.
2018.
After a few years I thought it was strong enough to go in a pot and the bones of the tree were set. The mesh is to stop birds pecking the soil out. It still has a few excess branches but these can be removed over time as I see it extend runners.
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