Shimpaku Juniper Twisting

[James H]

I was wondering about what size or age does shimpaku junipers start to twist up? I was watching a video on youtube where they were talking about field grown shimpaku and the ones shown were all displaying the twisted trunks. The ones in the video were around 1.5-2in diameter trunks. I have a little one that I am really hoping to make a nice shohin with a heavy twisted trunk.

 

[Martin Sweeney]

James,

Apply wire, twist, let grow. Size and age dependent on how well you grow it and how long you wait. In ground quicker, more likely than not.

Regards,
Martin

 

[Dav4]

Right, they don't twist by themselves. Twisted trunks are either formed by some environmental factor like wind, or somebody with wire when they're young.

 

[James H]

thanks guys, the impression that I had gotten from the videos and a few people that I have talked with was that the species would naturally twist up on itself. I have another tree to wire up this spring then.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Here is a good old thread on the topic...definitely due for some updating.
http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?4789-ONE-MORE-TIME!-Yamadori-Style-Junipers

 

[maria kapra]

This is how I twist my itoigawa junipers to give you that yamadori look...

 

[sorce]

What about the bark stripping method?

Ive read the wire gets left in on purpose.

Trees respond to music. Maybe just play the song? ! Lol

Sorce

 

[thumblessprimate1]

Cool. I have a juniper I'm developing twists on. After seeing these pics, I want to make the twists more dramtic.

 

[James H]

thanks everyone for the replies and the links.

Smoke, that tutorial that you did on the other thread is exactly what I was interested in. I would like to learn how to take juniper and give it a twisted yamadori look. Doing this by having the trunk and branches curving and twisting around, having jins and shari mixed all into one nice little package.

I will have try some of the suggestions that I have read about here with my little shimpaku juniper as well as a couple other junipers that I currently have.

My goal is to make something like this someday.

http://samedge.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/09l.jpg

 

[ysrgrathe]

Here is a good old thread on the topic...definitely due for some updating.
http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?4789-ONE-MORE-TIME!-Yamadori-Style-Junipers

This link was broken in a site refresh. Here is the new link:
http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/one-more-time-yamadori-style-junipers.4789/