{"id":801,"date":"2015-07-11T21:25:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T11:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/?p=801"},"modified":"2015-07-11T21:25:34","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T11:25:34","slug":"juniper-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/?p=801","title":{"rendered":"Juniper progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

This juniper started out as an upright variety with prickly bluish foliage. It spent a few years in the grow beds to get a thicker trunk and was transferred to a polystyrene fruit box for training. <\/p>\n

I spent a few years trying to control the very upright growth habit without much success. I also got a bit sick of the scratches and prickles from the foliage but rather than giving up on the great trunk I decided to graft ‘shimpaku’ foliage onto it.<\/p>\n

\"juniper<\/a>

juniper approack graft<\/p><\/div>\n

Approach grafts were successful but it still took 3 years to get all the branches grafted to ‘shimpaku’.<\/p>\n

\"successful<\/a>

successful approach graft<\/p><\/div>\n

The remaining original trunks made good jins to add to the wild, aged appearance and the possibilities were looking great.<\/p>\n

\"Grafts<\/a>

Grafts completed<\/p><\/div>\n

Last year I took this tree to a workshop with Hirotoshi Saito in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

\"Before<\/a>

Before the workshop<\/p><\/div>\n

I had imagined a tree with a single apex and spreading branches but after trimming and wiring Hiro’s design included 5 separate apexes – it is a multi-trunk tree after all.<\/p>\n

\"Hiro's<\/a>

Hiro’s design<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"after<\/a>

after the workshop<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

It has now had some time to recover and this week I transferred it to a bonsai pot. Still needs more time to fill out and refine the foliage pads but this one has come a long way.\"shimpaku<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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