AllShapes Bonsai Blog

I had a juniper among a  collection of trees that for what ever the reason really didn’t do anything for me. It had been growing inside a bonsai pot till one winter day it broke and ever since I never bothered to repot it. Some of you may be able to figure out that it was root bound and that’s what kept the root ball from falling apart in the mean time. Styled as a cascade originally I think at best I would rate the tree as “poor”. I needed to get the tree into a container of a sort before I lost it over the winter and it was this action which prompted me to take a second look. After grabbing the plant I set it on the table and took another look to see if there was another way to restyle it.  The trunk had grown to the size of a quarter over the years making me believe the tree was at least ten years of age and I felt then it was worth spending time on.

Before taking the picture I wired up a back branch with 3.5 mm aluminum wire so I’d be able to use it potentially as a new top for the future. Looked like to would work so I cut-off the cascade tail and the branch I’m holding on the left.

Here’s an attempt to show you what remains after cutting the tree back and dressing up the wound sites. In the third and last photo you can see the final results of the pruning and potting.  I like the tree much more now and hope you enjoyed my story .

Here are some before and after pictures of the Nursery during recent snow storm which came up the east coast  during the week of December 22. After the event was over a total of 12 inches of snow fell laying down a clean powdery finish to the landscape. I lived in this area all my life and from my past I can always remember having snow on the ground by the first or second week in December.   I’m not saying  a lot of snow, just snow. During the last 30 years the snow  we once had in December now appear to come in January. Really a nice surprise this time.

We’re very excited to announce a new version of the AllShapes Bonsai website.  This marks version 3 over the years and we keep adding new features as we go.  We’ll also be starting up with the newsletter again soon so be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already (we do not spam but anyone who wishes to unsubscribe can do so anytime by sending an email).  So what’s next for the site?  We’re currently working on an ecommerce feature that we hope to release in the next few weeks so stay tuned!  In the meantime please report any bugs you find with the site or just let us know what you think.