TimberLakers
Mame
I went to a local club sale in September last year; picked up a Juniper and a Trident Maple stump.
I was very focused on broad leaf species for my first year, but was hesitant on working with conifers.
Long story short, I have spent most of the summer on two new Junipers. Finding live veins, cleaning deadwood, creating deadwood, repotting, etc.
I was attracted to this tree because of the trunk and surface roots. I could tell the tree was looked after for a long time, but was sheer pruned and the soil didn't drain.
I took some pics against a white wall from a few different angles.
Branches were thick and straight with the foliage growing backwards from front of the branch.
The next three months I just looked at it, started cleaning the bark and tried my best to improve soil conditions for the winter.
Repotted into same container in late spring. I was pretty gentle on the roots, but opted for a full soil exchange vs. half.
This was anchored in hard so it can take the local wind - and I wanted a firm seating for continued cleaning.
Tree really took off in the spring, with lots of new growth.
I started working on the lowest branches with cutbacks and cleaning branches. There were a few spots with old wire.
Here it is outside a few months later after working on one branch.
Over the next three months I worked on this twice with the main goal of reducing the density of the branches to get some back budding.
The old wire wounds on the branches are really obvious, but created some deadwood in the meantime for practice.
This is a recent picture in the sun.
I was very focused on broad leaf species for my first year, but was hesitant on working with conifers.
Long story short, I have spent most of the summer on two new Junipers. Finding live veins, cleaning deadwood, creating deadwood, repotting, etc.
I was attracted to this tree because of the trunk and surface roots. I could tell the tree was looked after for a long time, but was sheer pruned and the soil didn't drain.
I took some pics against a white wall from a few different angles.
Branches were thick and straight with the foliage growing backwards from front of the branch.
The next three months I just looked at it, started cleaning the bark and tried my best to improve soil conditions for the winter.
Repotted into same container in late spring. I was pretty gentle on the roots, but opted for a full soil exchange vs. half.
This was anchored in hard so it can take the local wind - and I wanted a firm seating for continued cleaning.
Tree really took off in the spring, with lots of new growth.
I started working on the lowest branches with cutbacks and cleaning branches. There were a few spots with old wire.
Here it is outside a few months later after working on one branch.
Over the next three months I worked on this twice with the main goal of reducing the density of the branches to get some back budding.
The old wire wounds on the branches are really obvious, but created some deadwood in the meantime for practice.
This is a recent picture in the sun.
