I'm BACK!!! (and looking for suggestions)

[zewald]

For those of you who remember me, Hello again, for those who don't, HI.

After a few years of college and travel, I've decided to settle down a bit and get back to bonsai. while in college, I left my bonsai family with my grandfather, and well, let's put it down to the adage "[family] love is blind." nothing survived. apparently he's great with Jade money trees but that's about it. I've picked up a couple of trees from a local nursery, a Chinese Juniper (juniperus chinensis) and a dwarf alberta spruce (picea glauca) I've done a little pruning so I could see some of the branch structure of both, and I'm starting to like the juniper better. I think that will be it for at least a few weeks so that my little guys don't go into shock.

The plan is to prune the juniper into either a semi cascade or a windswept, and the spruce into a formal upright, but with some of the trunk bulges on the spruce, that might change. As always, I'm looking for some outside eyes and style suggestions.

Here are some pics:

Sorry that they're sideways, I can't figure out how to put them upright.

Zach

[baileysup]

Hi zewald. I like your trees.

[zewald]

Hi Baileysup,

Thanks for taking the time to look, it's always nice to hear a veteran approves of my purchases.