Parsonii juniper

[Soldano666]

I've had this juni for 3 or 4 years now and each spring reduced more and chased new growth back thru the season. It got some wire spring 2015 and rewired and somewhat styled spring 2016. And this is today slightly tidied up. I did not trim the lower right branch that splits off from the main one. im undecided if I want to cut out the left side and apex all together and make this my new leader, keeping only the right side of the tree thoughts, opinions and critiques encouraged. Thanks fer lookin

 

[Wilson]

I am likin it! I would keep it at the height its at, if the foliage can tighten up. It has a nice shape now, you can always chop it shorter in the future.

 

[Soldano666]

I am likin it! I would keep it at the height its at, if the foliage can tighten up. It has a nice shape now, you can always chop it shorter in the future.

Thanks. I've been lucky to get such good back budding on this guy. I think in another season i can get all the branches in tighter. The hard part will be keeping the height in check

 

[LanceMac10]

Nice moves in the trunk. Maybe cut back your crown to one of those other side shoots?

 

[Eric Group]

Parsons hav fairly coarse growth and grow fast, I'd let it grow out, thicken the trunk and go for a larger style. That movement is good for a medium- large tree not for a one branched little shohin IMO.

 

[Soldano666]

Nice moves in the trunk. Maybe cut back your crown to one of those other side shoots?

Was thinking of reducing the crown just undecided on what to keep yet,

Parsons hav fairly coarse growth and grow fast, I'd let it grow out, thicken the trunk and go for a larger style. That movement is good for a medium- large tree not for a one branched little shohin IMO.

And seems majority rule... I'll keep it larger, I have several others that have kind of mimicked this shape over the past couple years. maybe I can keep reducing some of them down to shohin. Thanks guys

 

[sorce]

left side and apex all together and make this my new leader, keeping only the right side of the tree

That's exactly what I was looking at and I'm glad you said it.

Something about the whole thing says....
Eh...

I'd take a few more years and work that right side into...
Hey, that's cool!

Sorce

 

[Soldano666]

That's exactly what I was looking at and I'm glad you said it.

Something about the whole thing says....
Eh...

I'd take a few more years and work that right side into...
Hey, that's cool!

Sorce

I'm hoping once I've been able to chase the foliage a little closer it won't be so.... Eh... but if all else fails that little turn around knot could be really cool as a trunk line feature on a much smaller tree

 

[sorce]

To me...it boils down to the amount of time being roughly the same...

At least close enough to be worth it to go for it.

Being a Parsonii, it reminds me of @sawgrass talking about growing a tree out...?
I forget how it went exactly...but it made sense.

Sorce