Juniper Deadwood Bonsai

This juniper sabina bonsai was purchased from spain where it had been collected from high up in the mountains.
Juniper deadwood bonsai. Jin 神 is a bonsai deadwood technique used on branches or the top of the trunk the leader. As a result it is an incredibly diverse variety with almost infinate forms. It portrays or tells a story or history of that tree. You ll likely want to lime sulphur the deadwood in the near future to threat and preserve the deadwood.
Rocky mountain juniper as mentioned in the first paragraph deadwood on a bonsai is not just for decoration. Deadwood on bonsai in the form of jinor shari adds an effective feature to a design and in the case of many old pine and juniper a very realistic one as well. Common juniper evergreen bonsai tree. Jins on trees in nature are normally created.
More often than not they are junipers but pines yews firs and hemlocks might also be fair game. It s been wired to give it some shape but the trees progression can now be yours. Jin shari and uro creating deadwood on bonsai in the form of jin or shari can enhance the tree s character significantly. This stems from the fact that most ancient trees with this much dead wood usually fall into the evergreen class.
How about this gnarly looking juniper with deadwood. This is an outdoor tree and the age is estimated at 12 years old. Jins are created in nature when wind lightning or other adversity kills the leader or a branch further down the tree. Aged 150 years the tree was completely raw and unstyled since collection 3 years previously.
Juniper bonsai trees sold at large stores including walmart and home depot are often japanese garden junipers also called green mound junipers juniperus procumbens nana. They are evergreen coniferous trees or shrubs which are very popular for bonsai purposes. Juniperus communis has the widest geographic range of any woody plant. A jin is meant to show age or show that the tree has had a struggle to survive.
There is a reason why that deadwood is there. The juniper is a genus of about 50 70 species within the cypress family.