This time a few words about a shohin itoigawa juniper. I got it in December 2009. (I bought it at -8°C in Italy.)
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This is how it looked the next spring after repotting.
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In Summer I styled it for the first time.
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Then, I left it grow freely for a whole year. Below you can see how it looked in Autumn 2011
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Yesterday I decided to do another styling and repotting.
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This is how the juniper looks out now. This pot isn't final. So isn't the angle of the tree in the pot. On the last photo you can see how I plan to plant the shohin into the final pot next year. Stay tuned...
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