grouper52
Masterpiece
I don't know another living soul crazy enough to have found anything enticing in this Hollywood juniper, seen sawwed off about half way at about four feet in the first photo. But I had traveled a long way one day to check out a delapidated nursery that I was sure must have something worthwhile, and this silly thing was the most enticing thing there, believe it or not - an old thing some guy had growing on his house boat on the Hood Canal for decades in this wine barrel. Not in great health. But only $10, and I didn't want to go home empty handed. Nothing going for it except girth, sporting some of the most worthless bonsai foliage in the juniper family - I thought it might present a challenge!
Well, three years have gone by, and while I doubt it will ever win any awards, it has been a fun project so far. Some initial lime sulfur awaits in its near future, and then refinement of the deadwood and foliage over time, and eventually a round pot. I'm growing fond of this awkward fellow - I might even drop my dreams of grafting Shimpaku onto it, and just let it go through life a dull and homely-looking thing.
Well, three years have gone by, and while I doubt it will ever win any awards, it has been a fun project so far. Some initial lime sulfur awaits in its near future, and then refinement of the deadwood and foliage over time, and eventually a round pot. I'm growing fond of this awkward fellow - I might even drop my dreams of grafting Shimpaku onto it, and just let it go through life a dull and homely-looking thing.