I've read that any species of Juniper can be grafted onto another. They are rugged, adaptable trees well-suited to bonsai culture. In their present state, they're useless to me as Bonsai. Shimpaku on California Juniper by Boon Manakitivipart. Sourcing grafting stock and beginner material to begin creating shinpaku junipers can be difficult. Anyway, I decided to graft shimpaku onto it a few years ago. ... Grafting Utah juniper – a post without words. San Jose Juniper by Peter Keone. Without these branches, this juniper is a great candidate for grafting. Juniper Grafting. Visual instructions for performing side-veneer grafts on Utah juniper with shimpaku juniper foliage. Grafting Utah juniper – removing the original foliage August 5, 2014 by Jonas Dupuich I grafted the Utah juniper below almost a year and a half ago (see “ Grafting Utah juniper “). However, I was planning on airlayering a few of the Shimpaku trunks off, and possibly looking into grafting for the procumbens. Bonsai T-Shirts Page 1 of 3: 'Free' grafting, where a new branch or shoot is made using a scion completely separate from the donor plant (prior to grafting), is a difficult technique to master. Two years ago I grafted a prostrata juniper with itoigawa foliage (see “Side-veneer graft aftercare” for details). There are some Juniper bonsai over There are many other juniper varieties, as well. The traditional way to grow a trunk quickly is to plant a tree in the ground to grow and then chop the … Mirai often cultivates our own grafting and starter stock, and for the first time ever, we're extending our grafting stock to you. And with that decision made, the next step will be deciding what kind of foliage to use when it’s time to graft. New Posts Delivered Every Tuesday and Friday Email Address. The foliage is a bit coarse with a blue hint of color, not unattractive but not ideal, imo. Subscribe to Bonsai Tonight. A good candidate for bending. Home→Bonsai Basics→Grafting→ Juniper Grafting. Junipers can live a very long time. Here’s another juniper, a procumbens, with lots of fine branches. Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Hey This was my first attempt at making a bonsai from juniper stock. Subscribe We won't send you spam. These beautifully rooted, air-layered juniper whips … Here’s a photo of the tree eight months after making the graft. April 30, 2013 by Jonas Dupuich. Since then, I’ve been incrementally reducing the original foliage. The Japanese Garden Juniper (Juniperus procumbens ‘nana’) is the most popular and recognizable bonsai in the United States, with good reason. Trunk fusions are a grafting technique that use multiple approach grafts of seedlings or rooted cuttings to create a large base trunk with a dramatic even taper in a relatively short time frame. Over the last two summers, I've approach grafted shimpaku cuttings to the two main branches and apex...the oldest graft was separated from it's roots 18 months ago. Unsubscribe at any time.