Time to invest a little more time on this little Blue Star Juniper. It was pulled out of my front garden nearly dead and somehow a very thin live vein managed to keep the sap flowing. Over the last few years it has started to fatten and I can start to consider it’s future.
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Food for thought: I would pull the canopy down and to the right (first picture) and either shorten that long jin drastically, or make it more vertical. My 3 cents’ worth (inflation.)
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Thanks for your thoughts Steve. The deadwood certainly needs more work. I was either going to shorten the jin or heat and bend to a better position. The other jins at the bottom need sorted too, too heavy
I even considered splitting the live vein from the deadwood allowing me to drop it a few inches lower. I’ve been waiting until health is 100%. It’s a temperamental tree this one.
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The results for this tree when healthy and worked could be awesome! I can’t wait to see it in the future.
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I love the base. I don’t think I’ve seen any blue star that wasn’t prostrate.
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treat the deadwood again quickly , it is not a species that is going to have very durable wood and if you want to be able to pass it on to your grandkids 🙂
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