Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. ~Rabindranath Tagore, Fireflies, 1928
Southern Bonsai Blog
Blog about lessons learned growing bonsai in the South
"What I like about bonsai is that it has a beginning but no end. A bud today becomes a branch tomorrow. --John Y. Naka
Three New Junipers
I decided to try my hand at junipers with the addition of these 3 Chinese junipers to my bonsai collection. I’ve pruned all three to a point where I left enough branching to make decisions later about the final design. Depending on the way each of them back-buds, I’m hoping that at least one starts showing promise as a viable bonsai sometime next year. Junipers are really tough and can be repotted in the fall because they experience some renewed root growth right before going into dormancy.
It was also an experience into the bonsai world of shari and jin which was very interesting. At first, you are certain you are killing the tree by peeling off that much bark, but all of them have showed no signs of slowed growth, and the branching around the scars have not shown signs of being wounded or stressed. My plan is to let the scars dry out till next summer when I will treat them with a lime-sulphur solution.
Juniper Bonsai #1
Juniper Bonsai #2
Juniper Bonsai #3
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