Workshop on Shimpaku

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Artist	Suthin Sukosolvisit
Tree Name	Shimpaku Juniper (Juniperus Chinensis)
Tree Origin	Asia
Tree Height	4.5"
Total years of Training	5 years

Prior to the training, this tree started in a five gallon pot and was about four feet tall. It was cut back to two feet in the summer of 1995. In Spring of 1996, it was repotted in a gallon and one-half pot using the bonsai soil in order to promote vigorous new growth at the base. It grew in the same pot for two years.
In the Spring of 1998, the tree was transplanted to a bonsai pot. The first styling for a semi-cascade style was performed by cutting all the foliage off the top and selecting just two shoots off a lower side branch for the new cascade branch and the apex. The top driftwood was then carved.
After two years of careful pinching, the tree showed compact foliage. . This picture shows how the tree looks in November 2000.