名媛直播

This is my second 名媛直播. It is a Procumbens Nana, and I got it because it was super cheap and I liked its initial shape. I have pictures of the bush before trimming, but I can't find them. I'll post those when I find them. I got it from Lowe's

Here is the tree how it is today:

For this tree I see the same problem as with your other juniper project. Try to pick out plants that have foliage close to the trunk. You now have a trunk with branches that only have foliage at the very end, and you will need years and luck to get the foliage near the trunk again. So next time you get plants, get plants that are bushy, with lots of green near the trunk

Good advice by LB, but I will ad a picture or two tomorrow where the Juniper start shooting out new near the trunk again, that may be happen in the future for your tree too. Go just a bit slower, bend the tree, let it recover, then start taking the bark off in smaller patches and let him recover again, repeat the process.
most bonsai start from a tree in the pot, so don't be discourage it is a start, and you need this in order to gain the experience you can't have from the beginning. Again best of luck for this tree too. Pictures will follow.

You've wired and repotted the tree, pruned it, and made severe damage to the bark.
Seems unlikely that this tree will survive - but time will tell..

Don't do everything at once. Be patient. Do one thing per year. Either wire, or repot, or prune.

And loose the pebbles.

It is quite a bit to do all at once, but I did the same thing when I started. I hacked and stripped and carved and bent a dozen or more junipers. Over 90% of them didn't make it, and the one that did still looks awful after 9 years. But it's how we learn, yeah?

If this survives into next year, I'd prune off or strip the uppermost section. The middle portion I'd wire closer to the trunk. The long downward section may be bent closer, too, but if you can't, cut it.

I say that for proportions. The thickness of your trunk in relation to the overall tree. The tighter you can bring in the branches/foliage to the trunk, the greater the illusion of age. keep us tabbed.

Please forgive me, yes I say junipers kike to beat up on, but there is a limit. Just leave don't do any pruning for a few years, we'll see what havens...

brkirkland22 wrote: Over 90% of them didn't make it.

Yup agree to that, part of the learning curve, still do it sometimes. But the survival rate is getting better :whistle:

Samantha wrote: Please forgive me, yes I say junipers kike to beat up on

You've written that before and I find it so strange to read...
If junipers were capable of liking things, I'm sure they would like to simply grow and be left alone.

metamorphism of speech, never now what comes out if the tree being beaten

metamorphism of speech, never now what comes out if the tree being beaten