The workshop I chose to participate in this past weekend was the Itoigawa juniper workshop with Ryan Neil. In this post I hope to point out some of the things I learned, guiding us through the process of styling just as we did in the workshop. So get your [...]
Before This is a Creeping Juniper purchased from a local nursery. It has lovely foliage and an interesting trunkline. My initial plan for the tree was to do a cascade, but after closer inspection of the trunk, I decided to take a chance and remove 60 [...]
Before I found this small juniper 3 years ago at a local nursery. The juniper had very little foliage on it at the time and I could see a nice trunk with some movement in it and also some deadwood. The tree was brought home and allowed to grow unchecked. [...]
Basically, we don’t pinch junipers. We cut new long extensions with scissors…and I know that in itself will raise some eyebrows. There’s a lot of misinformation out there about junipers. For starters, needle and scale junipers are maintained totally [...]
This is a long story with quite a few pictures so please bear with me… Cheryl Manning was a headliner speaker during the 2002 ABS seminar in Milwaukee . During the convention she restyled a San Jose Juniper that she had shipped from California . She [...]
The following progression article was a Non-Professional – Pre-Bonsai entry in the “2007 Knowledge of Bonsai Progressive Styling Contest” and was entered by John Geanangel of the USA. This entry received a score of 20 out of a possible [...]
Having the opportunity to restructure such an important material doesn’t definitely happen very often. So, when you approach a similar plant, besides considering the emotional factor, you must be conscious that your actions will affect the [...]
