Thank you DaveV, I appreciate the compliment and the confidence.
Hello Dwight.. All faired excellent. All grew back vigorously again and some, even needed another light pruning. The first tree, the shimp, was pruned pretty heavy for a shimp. The reason being that the trees growth managed to get away from me over the last 2 years. I hesitated before I pruned it as much as I did.. The branches had elongated not only on the sides, but towards the viewer as well. So much so that the trunk looked far and deep in the interior of the tree. I cut those branches back to some newer buds and growth. Not something I would normally do on a juniper, but more like something that you would do on an elm or something. Anyway, the tree grew slowly, throughout the summer, I am thinking that next summer, the tree will start growing like crazy. Next year, the tree will be repotted. I tought it would be too stressful to do that much pruning and a repot in one seaon. If I had to decide it again, I still would have pruned it, but I may have waited a bit for those buds to become stronger. However, it seemingly is all working out anyway.
Thank you satsuki.. I am quite fond of that tree also. It is different than many literati you see.
Thanks BonsaiTOM. It is actually more sparce in person that it looks.. Also, that is after it grew out for a month or so.. The initial pruning was more sparce than what you are seeing in that pic. So, yes, I agree with your opinion, because it was lighter in foliage before it grew back.
Hello good_ol_jr77.. You comment is right on the money. With these particular trees.. They were reworked. Although they have been in training for 3-7 years, many were completely restyled (different angles, heavy pruning etc...) So, in a sense, it was like starting over again with "bare bones".
Ironically enough, about 7-8 years or so ago. I remember seeing the work of the masters visiting the nursery. I remember seeing the trees that they worked on whether in person or in pics. Almost all were "bare bones"..completely stripped. I remember thinkin how I thought that it seemd excessive and I wondered how the tree could even cope with this.. Now 8 or so years later, I completely understand. I see that it is almost a necessity to do this. Like you said, the tree will then grow into a bonsai after it is completely structured.
Rob