Texas Summer - Juniper Collection

[Coach_]

This lady posted a couple of Juniper bushes (We call these Blue Point where Im from) for free but she is taking them out this week.

I think I can talk her into moving collection time until october...Think they would have a chance to live? I have a shed I could keep them in over winter.

 

[Dav4]

Have you looked at the lower trunk or the base of the tree yet? It’s big for sure but honestly I doubt there’s much potential where it needs to be … in the lowest 12-18 inches of the trunk. Also, it’s likely bare all the way out to the ends of branches…. And it still has to live post collection (questionable due to size) and need a huge pot and soil going forward. Think long and hard before moving forward here.

 

[Coach_]

Have you looked at the lower trunk or the base of the tree yet? It’s big for sure but honestly I doubt there’s much potential where it needs to be … in the lowest 12-18 inches of the trunk. Also, it’s likely bare all the way out to the ends of branches…. And it still has to live post collection (questionable due to size) and need a huge pot and soil going forward. Think long and hard before moving forward here.

Im gonna go tomorrow and take a look at them...and Ill take some pics and report back, but I tend to agree, will be a large endeavor with a long road of development behind it.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

The blue point variety of RMJ and the other upright variety with a similar name are pretty difficult to handle imho. Because of their upright growth and straight trunks.
Summer collecting and a not-ideal growth habit would make this a challenge I'm not sure is worth the effort.

 

[Deleted member 47471]

Get a small thick and bushy one from a nursery then hack it up and wire it in the Fall.

 

[Shibui]

The blue point variety of RMJ and the other upright variety with a similar name are pretty difficult to handle imho. Because of their upright growth and straight trunks.
Summer collecting and a not-ideal growth habit would make this a challenge I'm not sure is worth the effort.

I have found the same problems with upright types. On the + side the trunks thicken quicker than many other junipers.
I've grafted all my upright types to shimpaku to make use of the trunks but control the foliage and growth.

 

[ponderingsage]

The real question is do you have to do the digging

The size and how much you would have to remove would give me pause.

 

[sorce]

The only thing interesting in that picture is the patriotic rooster.

Even it should be shot and burned.

Hail Mary material for grafting, IMO.

Sorce