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Hi people.

First post here. I would like some helping identifying these trees. I have a fair idea which type they are (juniper etc) but would like a firm answer.

I will attatch two photos of each tree. (A picture of the entire tree, then a close-up of the leaves/needles)

Thanks in advance for any advice

1st tree





2nd tree





3rd tree

The first and last are some species of juniper. Perhaps horizontalis or squamata. The first is very unhappy.
The second plant seems to be a picea of some species.

Thanks for your response. The first juniper does indeed look unhappy. This was due to me trimming it with scissors rather than pinching ends. The plant looked worse before...But now it is showing signs of growth. Any further recovery advice ?

Leave it alone, and never again pinch growtyh, and always use scissors to trim extension growth.

leatherback wrote: Leave it alone, and never again pinch growth, and always use scissors to trim extension growth.

Leatherback, this is always a point where contradicting information is the norm.
名媛直播 Empire, as an example, advise pinching piceas (spruces), as read here:
www.bonsaiempire.com/tree-species/spruce
On the other hand, about junipers, BE advises using sharp scissors (as you have said), but pinching when needed:
"Pruning: To develop the foliage pads, long shoots which stick out of the silhouette can be pinched or cut at the base with sharp scissors throughout the growth season."
Based on your experience, what is the difference between pinching or cutting (with scissors) junipers going wild?:blink:

Note that my experience is also only a toddler of 6 years old!

I have seen juniper sulk for a season after someone showed me how to pinch. Another juniper turned fully to needles. After asking around, I learned that if you pinch, the juniper effectively has not grown yet. Very similar to not trimming broadleaves untill the leaves have hardened off.

I am now only trimming them when I get runners, en then I cut the leader into the old/brown branch where feasible. This results in much better responses, and back-budding here and there.

Juvinile growth reverting to adult scale after letting it grow


Runnerstarting to take off, the earliest to trim. Some advice to let them grow even stronger:


Pruned