Juniper Bonsai Jin

This juniper bonsai tree is a dense evergreen tree that is derived from chinese juniper juniperus chinensis a highly variable species found throughout china and japan.

Juniper bonsai jin. The juniper is a genus of about 50 70 species within the cypress family. One could certainly make the argument that a sharp jin is more in line with what bonsai scale would dictate. Jin shari and uro creating deadwood on bonsai in the form of jin or shari can enhance the tree s character significantly. 1st thing i ve done bonsai wise for 6 weeks except watering since my dad passed away 6 weeks ago.

This bonsai was collected from the owner s yard in may of 1999. A jin is a bare stripped part of branch and a shari is a barkless part of trunk. Naturally as these photos show pine jin is broken and not sharp and juniper jin is eroded and comparatively sharper but often not as sharp as some of us make our jin. Juniper jin not checkered and still striated.

The parsoni juniper s soft texture and bluish green foliage grows in a dome like mound shape. Jin 神 is a bonsai deadwood technique used on branches or the top of the trunk the leader. Juniper prune and tidy up. Jins are created in nature when wind lightning or other adversity kills the leader or a branch further down the tree.

Surprisingly it only took less than an hour to get it out of the ground. When we think of a traditional bonsai and what it should look like we think of a juniper procumbens nana these impressive trouble free evergreens are an excellent choice for the beginner. Juniper bonsai trees these dwarf junipers from japan are the most popular evergreen in the u s. They are evergreen coniferous trees or shrubs which are very popular for bonsai purposes.

The juniper was five feet wide.