justin,
I heard that you never want to take off more than 20% of a junipers foliage at a time.
I lost two green mound junipers that I bought from a local nursery because I was too zealous with my pruning from the start. I would take my time with the juniper.
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Well, I can't really see the trunk or branch structure, so it's hard to say where to go with this. You can [url=https://s956.photobucket.com/albums/ae50/marsman61/Bonsai/Juniper%20Procumbens/]take a look at my juniper[/url] and see the Photoshop work I did to plan a strategy with it.
Well, I can't really see the trunk or branch structure, so it's hard to say where to go with this. You can [url=https://s956.photobucket.com/albums/ae50/marsman61/Bonsai/Juniper%20Procumbens/]take a look at my juniper[/url] and see the Photoshop work I did to plan a strategy with it.
- manofthetrees
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it takes time and imagination especialy with a younger tree.you will need to decide what style you are aiming for then choose branches you want to keep and imagine the direction the growth will go.
sometimes its easy, I have a hemlock that I pruned and wired the day I bought it, but my large ficus took a month of turning and staring to decide the final prunning. and as for my little ficus I wired it and changed the design 3 times... I think its good now
sometimes its easy, I have a hemlock that I pruned and wired the day I bought it, but my large ficus took a month of turning and staring to decide the final prunning. and as for my little ficus I wired it and changed the design 3 times... I think its good now