Shohin juniper

[lewisjk]

This is my only formal upright. I do very few conifers (we don't seem to get along real well).

My notes list this as a J. chinensis, but as the years go by and I see no "adult" foliage, I'm thinking more and more that it may be J. procumbens.

I'm beginning to think that the lower branches look a bit long and spindly. What say you?

It stands 13 inches, including pot. If you are a fanatic devotee of the 10-inch limit for shohin I'm sorry. The overall weight of the tree dictates "shohin" to me.

[plantmanky]

This is my only formal upright. I do very few conifers (we don't seem to get along real well).

My notes list this as a J. chinensis, but as the years go by and I see no "adult" foliage, I'm thinking more and more that it may be J. procumbens.

I'm beginning to think that the lower branches look a bit long and spindly. What say you?

It stands 13 inches, including pot. If you are a fanatic devotee of the 10-inch limit for shohin I'm sorry. The overall weight of the tree dictates "shohin" to me.

Hard to tell from the pic and give a definitive answer on whether it's a procumbens or not, but I would vote initially for a J. chinensis cultivar of some sort and not procumbens. As far as the lower branches go, I think their fine, but need to be flattened out and let grow to be come thicker with foliage. I like you, am not a stickler for absolute adherence to size. As far as I'm concerned, if it's close within an inch or two it's in! It is a very nice design and definately reminds me of many trees I've seen on collecting trips to the mountains above 8,000 feet in elevation. Good Job bud!

[BillsBayou]

I'd vote Juniperus chinensis 'Foemina'. It looks like mine, just a great deal shorter. The needles on mine took a while to develop into the adult type. It needed more foliage to make the transition. I think your tree is too straight to be a procumbens.

[lewisjk]

Weeeel, I dunno . . . Here is a 2-ft. tall procumbens that is part of the N.C. Arboretum Collection in Asheville.

By the by, you all are invited to the Carolina Bonsai Expo at the Arboretum next weekend. You can see this tree, no on display as part of the Arboretum collection and well as trees from clubs in all the surrounding states and North Carolina.

[owen14]

I like the tree, I just wonder why you chose to use such a large accessory rock behind the base of the tree. I think it takes away from the depth of the tree.

Owen

[lewisjk]

Well, the rocks come and the rocks go to suit my whim of the day. Currently, I see this as a landscape planting -- a lone tree in a mountain meadow. Next week/month/year, who knows?