Juniper Lib

This juniper I selected in a nursery in 2006. First styling in june 2006. I restyled and changed front in 2008 and this year is good of juniper for first exibition in Prague. The juniper isn´t masterpicies or very good bonsai and The crown is a litle bit weight, but I love this tree.
More from pictures

first styling


2010 spring


before refined in summer


after refined and preparing for exibition

I love to see these transformations. How you can make a nursury tree into such a beautiful piece of work. A great tree for only having 4 years of training.

Great progression Milan. Much better for taking off the lower branches. Very delicate and feminine tree.

Hi Milan, thanks for posting the history of tree. It's a very elegant design. As mentioned in Prague, the shaved trunk looks a bit thin now but as the live vein grows it should gain a bit more mass which will help the design. Your work on thercanopy was supberb.

very nice milan!

Milan, very nice tree and pot. I love the shaping you created. Where was the pot made?
Salut, Todd

Very Nice literati!
The only criticism I have is that the soil should not go as high up as it does, In my opinion. But, I dont know what you had to work with when you repotted the tree.

Good work with styling!

Andrew

Very nice progression Milan... However, IMHO, as Rob said, the trunk does look a bit too thin, and although the canopy work is very good...it would be better with about 50% less foliage.

IMHO...without seeing this bonsai up close and personal...

Pat...on my trusty stead riding wildly off in all directions

Very good work with this originally ordinary material. You changed it into a fine and elegant/feminine tree. I also like to see that not every good bonsai is just from collected pieces from nature, which is not accessible for many of us.

Regards
Morten Albek

thanx for all!!!

Todd: The pot come from Slovakia, but i don´t know who made it.
Neil: because the tree was in good condition all the seasons. It was grown very well and I worked on it, but I didn´t trim the tree only I made cut back in summer and fall.

Shimsuki: The nebari is not good that´s why I covered it with soil.

Bonsaistud: If It isn´t very good material to be a masterpicies, I don´t mind the large canopy.

sorry I take mistake, this juniper first styled in june 2007.

nice progres....


IMHO ... ratio of crown and size of pot and thickness of trunk are unbalanced

I know the tree from real and the transformation from "nothing" to a cute little tree is very interesting and a good example how to make an unexpensive bonsai . I´m also looking forward to a new and smaller pot, will you repot next spring?