Turning a 500-Year-Old Yamadori CA Juniper into a Bonsai

Today, we're going to work on this untrained 500-year-old California Juniper dug from the Mojave Desert. I bought it at an auction and it is quite root-bound, so we are going to repot, reorient, prune, and wire this bonsai!

0:00 About the CA Juniper
2:33 Root work
5:50 Analyzing the features
6:14 Orienting the tree
8:09 Cut to form pads
8:57 Wiring
9:38 Pruning
16:20 Juniper needles
17:32 Finishing touches
19:28 Choosing a pot
19:58 Summary
21:19 Before & after
21:30 Two weeks later

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