{"product_id":"shimpaku-juniper-bonsai","title":"Shimpaku Juniper Bonsai","description":"\u003cp\u003eNative to China, Japan, Mongolia and the Himalayas. Shimpaku Juniper produce bright dark green soft foliage and an attractive red-brown shaggy bark. The fruit is small, hard, bluish berry. One of the best characteristics of Shimpaku is its hard resinous wood; ideal for advanced sculptural techniques such as jin, shari and sabamiki. The Shimpaku Juniper is often the subject of bonsai's most prized trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShimpaku junipers growing in the wild in Japan face extinction due to over collecting between 1900 -1950. Several varieties are in danger of becoming extinct already. Conservationists in Japan are now going back into the mountains and planting young Shimpaku junipers to take the place of those that were removed by the collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSun Exposure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJunipers love full sun. This exposure to the sun allows junipers to maximize their capacity to produce tight, dense, compact growth and gives them the strength they need to thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFertilizing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJuniper will produce a lot of foliar growth and will elongate and thicken quickly when fertilized aggressively during development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith moderate fertilization, juniper bonsai tree will produce a fair amount of growth. Once a month application is sufficient.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePruning\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best time to structurally style or remove branches from a juniper bonsai is in the early Spring, prior to the onset of new growth, or the early Autumn. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor refinement, juniper should be pruned right after its first flush hardens. This allows for a much more manageable and controllable push of growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e43cm from the bottom of the pot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto: 11 Mar 25\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49533837508846,"sku":null,"price":99.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/3956\/7854\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_0b786453-8835-4c19-bc1e-a45e12d7d6be.jpg?v=1788489252","url":"https:\/\/www.bforbonsai.com\/products\/shimpaku-juniper-bonsai","provider":"B for Bonsai","version":"1.0","type":"link"}