Juniper Old Gold Bonsai

Need advice for a new bonsai enthusiast old gold juniper 0soyoung on fri sep 19 2014 9 42 pm precarious wrote.

Juniper old gold bonsai. I have an old gold that i got last year before i thought much about how long it would take to increase the trunk size by freely growing it out. This video is about how to create a juniper cascade bonsai from nursery stock. Color is definitely most intense during warmer months but looks good through cooler temps as well better than many juniper varieties. Mine respond like that when i go hard on them.

I like the double trunks but the deadwood seems a bit too much for my personal taste i would reduce it if it were mine. As far as i know old gold junipers are close to indestructable. Juniperus chinensis old gold. Juniper bonsai trees sold at large stores including walmart and home depot are often japanese garden junipers also called green mound junipers juniperus procumbens nana.

I repotted it this year out of the nursery soil into decent bonsai soil and it s growing like crazy. But i can add one more thing you could do get a slightly larger pot add gravel to the bottom place the plant in there then add gravel around the sides. Juniper old gold bonsai year two in training after this video i repotted into a 5 gn container to let the base thicken up. They are evergreen coniferous trees or shrubs which are very popular for bonsai purposes.

Regarded as one of the best golden spreaders juniperus pfitzeriana old gold chinese juniper is a compact evergreen shrub of graceful habit with ascending branches clothed with deep bronze gold foliage which retains its great color all year round. It must be planted in full sun to maintain its color. The juniper is a genus of about 50 70 species within the cypress family.