Is this natural aging or cause for concern

[ruedinni]

This is a picture of a Chinese juniper I bought last year and did the first styling. I've noticed that the flaky part of the bark sometimes can turn to a grayish whitish color and I just want to make sure I'm not overlooking a problem. If anyone can educate me I would really appreciate it. Thank you in advance

 

[ruedinni]

 

[akillas]

it grows, it changes. In the future you can peel that off if you want. Some people leave all the bark on.
how good of you to be so perceptive with your tree!

However, the foliage will most of the time let you know about problems- and how fast your soil drains(avoid compaction)
Otherwise junipers are quite resilient. You need more trees so you dont love this one to death..

 

[ShimpakuBonsai]

This is normal for junipers no worries.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

When junipers are throwing young growth, it will often be in the form of long green shoots that don't (yet) have a cork cambium layer (what you normally think of as dead bark). As the shoot ages and matures, it will continue to thicken and grow outward, and develop a layer of cork cambium, which in turn changes the color of the branch from green to grey/brown as it generates the outer cork layer of bark. What you are seeing is the early stages of this growth. On some trees and in some situations, the bark can flake off, but it is always being replenished from the inner side of the branch.

 

[Shibui]

Perfectly normal young bark peeling.

The photos are not really clear this end but looks like that wire could be biting into the bark. Time to get the wire off?

 

[ruedinni]

it grows, it changes. In the future you can peel that off if you want. Some people leave all the bark on.
how good of you to be so perceptive with your tree!

However, the foliage will most of the time let you know about problems- and how fast your soil drains(avoid compaction)
Otherwise junipers are quite resilient. You need more trees so you dont love this one to death..

Oh buddy, do I have a bunch of trees under construction currently. Lol I just haven't noticed any of my other junipers with the bark doing that so it kind of worried me. I have probably Three or four different species of juniper and probably ten juniper's trees total. Of course I got a bunch of other species keeping me on my toes as well

 

[ruedinni]

Perfectly normal young bark peeling.

The photos are not really clear this end but looks like that wire could be biting into the bark. Time to get the wire off?

I put it on probably end of October with all growth pretty much stopping here in Southern Ohio. But thank you I will go out and check that

 

[ruedinni]

Thank all of you for your time and knowledge. I really do appreciate it. My brain starts hurting after I read so much and I tried so hard googling and searching for pictures that would answer my question. I kept getting pest results So thank you guys very much