Bonsai Juniper Shaping - Bonsai Nature | Ideas for Bonsai

As mentioned previously maintenance pruning is required to maintain a trees shape.

Bonsai juniper shaping. Maintenance pruning to maintain and refine the existing shape of a bonsai and structural pruning which involves more rigorous pruning to give a tree its basic shape or style. Prune off larger unwanted branches. Refer to photos or pictures of your favored bonsai styles to identify the. Trim away about half of the branches on the tree.

Analyze the stem structure of the juniper. It is important especially in the outer and top areas to prune regularly in order to force the tree to distribute growth more evenly and develop a dense foliage. Don t be afraid to prune your bonsai. In this movie morten albek teacher of the shohin bonsai course explains the steps of styling a juniper bons.

Slanting bonsai style shakan as a result of the wind blowing in one dominant direction or when a tree grows in the shadow and must bend toward the sun the tree will lean in one direction. With bonsai the leaning style should grow at an angle of about 60 80 degrees relative to the ground. Pruning bonsai without doubt the most important way to train a bonsai is to prune it on a regular basis. The most widely accepted way to prune your juniper is to allow the foliage to grow to provide energy and strength to the tree.

In this video peter goes through shaping the tree and how to select the correc. The two most popular juniper species for bonsai of the group with scale like foliage are the chinese juniper and the japanese shimpaku which is a variety of the chinese juniper which was originally found in the japanese mountains. It s time to put bonsai techniques into action. Sterilize small sharp clean pruning shears by.

Both have scale like foliage with a color ranging from yellowish green to bluish green or grayish green. Then if the foliage extends beyond the desired silhouette of the tree we trim off the overgrowth with a pair of sharp shears as shown previously in this article. Place the juniper plant in its container on a clean work surface. This video is about how to create a juniper cascade bonsai from nursery stock.

Creating a cascade bonsai when creating natural looking cascading bonsais it may help to practice these tips for shaping a cascade bonsai form. Using the right bonsai tools will help significantly.