Rough styling of a Sabina Juniper

daudelus

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I recently found some nice garden center Sabina junipers and this is one I worked on today...here it is at the start:
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And at the end of the day:
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The base:
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The back:
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the apex needs to fill in and be brought even further down as well as more refinement of pads on the right... any thoughts? Alternative ideas for the future?
 
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Good work. I have found that if after you take the wire off these and just forget about them for a couple of years , (if you have the patience - the trick there is to have too many) when you come back and look at them the next time you will be very inspired indeed! Rather than fine detailing, you can keep repeating this ''long interval heavy work'' for as long as you like and you can end up with material almost as good as wild stuff.
 

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I see some nice roots cool
Nice work !
i have one too but just repotted so ill have to wait before i can work on it tough
 

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I see some nice roots cool
Nice work !
i have one too but just repotted so ill have to wait before i can work on it tough

I think this one will have to sit for a while as well... looking back, I probably removed to much at once (I didn't touch the roots at all), but I had the 'itch'... we'll see how it recovers, but I feel pretty good about it so far...
 

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Graft Shimpaku onto it.

Great movement, great trunk!


Hey there - quick noob question: I've seen people recommend grafting shimpaku onto trees like this before on this site-- why? What does that variety offer that the foliage on this won't provide?
 

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Hey there - quick noob question: I've seen people recommend grafting shimpaku onto trees like this before on this site-- why? What does that variety offer that the foliage on this won't provide?

Easy to keep mature foliage tight.

But I think Sabina is accepted sometimes.

Sorce
 

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Hey there - quick noob question: I've seen people recommend grafting shimpaku onto trees like this before on this site-- why? What does that variety offer that the foliage on this won't provide?

I'd like to double this question. If we google sabina bonsai we can find many cool trees with original foliage from Spanish and Italian artists.
 

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I think Sabina is widely used in Europe...
Correct. There is no need to replace Sabina foliage. It will tighten up like shimpaku; excellent European material, particularly in Spain.
 
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