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Styling a young juniper 115

Create the main structure

1 Clear the base. Here, the
small, lower shoots on both
main trunks are removed.
Wire the trunk and main
branches using a suitably
heavy-gauge copper wire.

2 Manipulate the trunk. It
can be bent dramatically—in
this case initially down and
away from the front, then
back up and toward the front
in a slightly higher position.

1 2
3 Create the shape. On this
tree, one branch is bent
sharply down from the base
to make the branch on the
left-hand side. If the base of
a branch splits or tears, treat Shape the
the wound immediately with branch with a
wound sealant. series of fluid
curves in all
directions
4 Refine the movement.
Bend the branches left and
right as well as down and
up to create movement in
the horizontal and vertical
planes. The goal is to compact
the branch and create a
voluminous foliage pad from 3 4
secondary branches.

5 FInish the structure. Here,
the aim is a windswept twin
Double copper
trunk image—so the space wires used for
between the two trunks is extra flexibility
important as well as dramatic
movement toward the right.
Wires are firmly
6 Junipers are very flexible, anchored deep
in the soil
and when wired correctly
with suitably thick copper
wire, the introduction of
dramatic bends like this
is not a problem at all. 5 6