Davevall
Yamadori
i just restyled the juniper for a windswept style and gave it a trim. 
We'll see how it does this year.
We'll see how it does this year.
Windswept Juniper in training
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rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Lose two thirds of the left branch. Jin the remainder.
The lefthand branch is awkward, visually complicated and doesn't make much sense--if the constantly blowing wind comes from the left and goes to the right, how can that left hand branch shoot straight out into the wind for more than half its length then shoot straight back?
This tree is vastly better suited for an informal upright. Unbend the left hand branch, keep everything and work on pushing back new foliage on all of it closer to the trunk.
The lefthand branch is awkward, visually complicated and doesn't make much sense--if the constantly blowing wind comes from the left and goes to the right, how can that left hand branch shoot straight out into the wind for more than half its length then shoot straight back?
This tree is vastly better suited for an informal upright. Unbend the left hand branch, keep everything and work on pushing back new foliage on all of it closer to the trunk.
amcoffeegirl
Masterpiece
Is this a tropical juniper?
Interesting
Interesting
dirk hoorelbeke
Omono
there are very few good windswept trees.
Davevall
Yamadori
It's in Florida so yes , it's a tropical Juniper.
Davevall
Yamadori
Especially ones in training.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
No. It's a temperate tree being grown in a tropical (actually subtropical) zone. big difference. Junipers are not tropical trees
Davevall
Yamadori
Thanks for the advice. I didn't even see that with the left land branch. I'll give it a chop and Jin it and continue on with trying the windswept and see how it looks in the next couple years. I know they are a challenge but I've got nothing better to do.
Davevall
Yamadori
Really?
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Nope. It may grow in AREAS of tropical counties, but at temperate elevations like on mountain slopes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniper
widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arctic, south TO tropical Africa in the Old World, and TO the mountains of Central America and Ziarat Pakistan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniper
widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arctic, south TO tropical Africa in the Old World, and TO the mountains of Central America and Ziarat Pakistan
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
My favorite example of this style... I keep it around to motivate me... though I know it is not bonsai in the truest sense.
Davevall
Yamadori
It beautiful. Why isn't it a Bonsai?
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
It is Penjing - a tray landscape.
I don't want to sound like I don't like Penjing, but I wanted to toss that comment out there, since people were talking specifically about bonsai. Take the tree out of the landscape, plant it in a nice low bonsai pot, and it becomes bonsai
But I think this is an amazing example of Penjing done well... where the tree and the landscape harmonize and accentuate each other.
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Davevall
Yamadori
I'm very aware of that. I uploaded it to the tropical fourm because I was putting a few others on this morning on the same area and just put this one on there also. I was just joking about it being a tropical because it is in Florida, but thank you for the information anyway.
Davevall
Yamadori
Isn't Penjing a type / style of Bonsai?
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Just trying to help. If you want help with a juniper, posting it in the tropical forum won't get you many detailed responses, if that's what you're looking for.
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
Not really. Bonsai is an off-shoot of Penjing, which is an older art form from China. Many aspects of Japanese culture originally started in China, and when they came to Japan they changed and became uniquely Japanese. Some would argue Penjing is a lot more literal interpretation of a natural setting / landscape - almost like a postcard, while bonsai is more figurative/suggestive. However the lines can be blurred. For example, a bonsai forest on a rock slab would look to most people like Penjing... While some simple Penjing might look a lot like bonsai. The difference at this point is somewhat academic...
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Sorce
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Is that a city skyline in the lower right on the shore? My guess is it's Hong Kong.
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rockm
Spuds Moyogi
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