justBonsai
Omono
Hi,
My name is Julian. I've been getting extensively into bonsai the past 6-8 months and I've been training several mostly pre-bonsai trees. I've been reading a lot of articles, pdfs, books, as well as many videos and attending several shows. Of recent though I've been frequenting this site a lot and its provided me with lots of information and interesting threads. That said its been overdue that I start posting and hopefully later contributing myself.
A few months back I acquired a small-mid sized foemina juniper from the San Diego Bonsai show for an affordable $30. There was a lot of dead branches on the lower tier as well as a lot of dead needles. I have since repotted it which it accepted quite well with new growth forming all over the plant. I have jinned, wired, and repositioned branches best I could to fix imbalances in its structure. That said I still am unsure of how to work with the apex with is just one skinny branch next to the jin with foliage on it. The upper tier branches need a lot of work too. For the time being I plant to let all the buds and growth extend before I do any further pruning for defining the foliage pads.
Please excuse the poor quality pictures and the sloppy wiring. With practice I should hopefully be doing cleaner work. Below is a before and a recently taken after picture:
I would like a more compact design, but due to the lack of inner foliage and branches I don't think I can reduce it too much. Anyhow any comments, advice, or tips will be accepted.
Thanks!
My name is Julian. I've been getting extensively into bonsai the past 6-8 months and I've been training several mostly pre-bonsai trees. I've been reading a lot of articles, pdfs, books, as well as many videos and attending several shows. Of recent though I've been frequenting this site a lot and its provided me with lots of information and interesting threads. That said its been overdue that I start posting and hopefully later contributing myself.
A few months back I acquired a small-mid sized foemina juniper from the San Diego Bonsai show for an affordable $30. There was a lot of dead branches on the lower tier as well as a lot of dead needles. I have since repotted it which it accepted quite well with new growth forming all over the plant. I have jinned, wired, and repositioned branches best I could to fix imbalances in its structure. That said I still am unsure of how to work with the apex with is just one skinny branch next to the jin with foliage on it. The upper tier branches need a lot of work too. For the time being I plant to let all the buds and growth extend before I do any further pruning for defining the foliage pads.
Please excuse the poor quality pictures and the sloppy wiring. With practice I should hopefully be doing cleaner work. Below is a before and a recently taken after picture:
I would like a more compact design, but due to the lack of inner foliage and branches I don't think I can reduce it too much. Anyhow any comments, advice, or tips will be accepted.
Thanks!