Itoigawa Shimpaku Juniper #2310

Juniperus Chinensis Itoigawa, Feb 2023, from Annual Mammoth event at Lake Merrit Oakland.

Raffia & heavy gage wiring, nicely compact. Wiring left on for 3 months.

Next step will be for Shari development prior to continued trunk growth. Some curved branches will evolve into Jin.

Chose to reapply wiring into more compact or twisted trunk & branches first—June. One primary branch on the right was looking weak—foilage—and so preparing it for Jin. Style: trying to break from the symmetry of left/right split trunk—also creating pads with an overall triangular foliage shape. Will unwire and apply Shari in autumn.