Ryan Neil is well known for his work on collected junipers. His garden reflects this – among the many outstanding specimens at Bonsai Mirai, it’s the junipers that shine brightest.
Part of this is due to the natural characters of junipers, some of the more sinuous varieties grown for bonsai. Much of this is due to Ryan’s eye for selecting good material and his talent for developing it. Credit is also is due to Randy Knight and the others who have collected these trees from mountains, deserts and foothills and kept them alive and healthy so they could become beautiful bonsai.
Below are some of the junipers at Bonsai Mirai. See Mirai’s gallery for a look at more of their trees.
Rocky Mountain juniper
Rocky Mountain juniper – see the tree’s story
Junipers in front of the Mirai workshop
Rocky Mountain juniper
Rocky Mountain juniper
Rocky Mountain juniper
Collected junipers – note the shallow pots
Rocky Mountain juniper
Rocky Mountain juniper
Utah juniper – one of my favorites
Common juniper
Rocky Mountain juniper – one of the more outstanding trees in the garden
Rocky Mountain juniper
Sierra juniper
Sierra juniper
Rocky Mountain juniper
Needle juniper
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Lee Squires says
Very incredible trees that Mother Nature provides us humans. I hope Randy Knight charges what these trees are worth and is not just a laborer. Of course, final design and keeping them alive is important in the scheme of things………………
Bruce says
The first one is $50K plus. Yikes!
Don Quixote says
Why would you allow this Lee Squires comment?
Pete from the Mountains says
One of these RMJs has berries on it! I had heard that potted RMJs only produce berries as a last ditch effort to reproduce when they think they are going to die. Is this wrong? Anyone know how to coax berries out of a healthy RMJ?
Ryan Nichols says
Jonas, a few trees labeled Rocky Mountain Juniper are actually Sierra junipers, and I believe the one you mentioned as “your favorite” may actually be a Utah juniper, if I remember correctly.
Jonas Dupuich says
Thanks Ryan – if you let me know which are which, I’ll happily make the change!
Ryan Nichols says
Picture 10 I believe is a Utah juniper, and pictures 14 and 15 are Sierra junipers
Ryan Nichols says
Also Jonas, thank you for sharing these wonderful photos of bonsai!
Jonas Dupuich says
Thanks again Ryan!