Kishu Shimpaku Bonsai

It is an exceptional juniper for aesthetic applications.

Kishu shimpaku bonsai. It belongs to gino costa. We sell raw materials supplies pots and bonsai trees that have been worked on for many years. The shimpaku juniper does best outside. Make offer bonsai tree shimpaku juniper 12 14 years 9 3 4 tall hand made kurama moon pot bonsai tree shimpaku juniper semi cascade 18 years 12 7 8 yixing zisha pot 2 500 00.

Shimpaku juniper grow in the mountains of japan and china. Nebari bonsai can help shed some light. Power movement and texture. Specimen shohin twisted trunk kishu shimpaku bonsai.

I had wired most of the tree during the recent bonsai a thon but was unable to style it until now. Bonsai tree shimpaku juniper 9 years 10 tall yixing zisha pot wire trained. That said this project proved particularly. Ideal for advanced sculptural techniques such as jin shari and sabamiki.

The foliage is needle like on young trees and scale like on older trees. We pride ourselves in our signature grafted kishu shimpaku bonsai. I have grown trained and propagated the kishu shimpaku for over thirty years. Here is a photo of a shoot.

The branches are stout and the wood seems stiffer than itoigawa. Confused about the the differences between itoigawa kishu and shimpaku junipers. Varieties itoigawa and kishu are two natural strains of shimpaku that are used extensively for bonsai and niwaki. Many say that the foliage of kishu balls up and in japan it s presently less in favor than itoigawa.

We are a family owned business since 1981. Shimpaku is a cover all term for all chinensis varieties in japan. The kishu is brighter than the shimpaku but the foliage is much tighter and more succulent than itoigawa. This astounding itoigawa shimpaku juniper juniperus chinensis itoigawa received an honorable mention at the 2015 crespi bonsai cup which was held at the crespi bonsai museum.

I acquired a new tree a kishu shimpaku from bob pressler discussed here. One of the best characteristics of shimpaku is its hard resinous wood.