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From a Cutting to

the Mountain

Techniques for Creating

Yamadori-Like Juniper Bonsai

By Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan, and José Luis Rodríguez Macías, Puerto Rico
Photos by Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan

Top; Snow Capped Jade or decades, Taiwanese bonsai artists have per- sentence to those caught extracting native junipers,
Mountain, Hualien, Nantou sisted in creating juniper bonsai presenting provided much needed incentive for devising ways of
County, Taiwan aged lifelines, natural twists and weathered imparting aged character to cutting-grown nursery
Left inset; Wild Juniperus dead wood features. Although Taiwan has stock.
squamata, Taroko National Fnatural occurring junipers with extensive jin Last year, I had the privilege of teaching several
Park (Yue San Buo/Jade
Mountain Juniper) and shari, their native habitat is protected and extrac- workshops at the First Bonsai Symposium, an educa-
Right inset; Mr. Min Hsuan tion is prohibited by law. Furthermore and due to the tional event hosted by the Puerto Rico Shohin Bonsai
Lo in Hehuan Mountain, fact that their native grounds are located at high eleva- Study Group. Among the seminars, the participants
learning from nature with tions, these specimens will not survive the hot-humid, were eager to learn and requested a power point pre-
his students. tropical climate that is prevalent outside their natural sentation on the techniques used for the development
range. This scarcity in the availability of suitable ma- of high mountain style juniper from humble begin-
terial, combined with a mandatory seven (7) year jail nings; cuttings.

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