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Junipers of Bonsai Mirai

May 22, 2015 by Jonas Dupuich

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

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper – see the tree’s story

Junipers at Mirai

Junipers in front of the Mirai workshop

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Junipers

Collected junipers – note the shallow pots

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Utah juniper – one of my favorites

Common juniper

Common juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper – one of the more outstanding trees in the garden

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Sierra juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Sierra juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Needle juniper

Needle juniper

Shimpaku

Shimpaku

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  1. Lee Squires says

    May 22, 2015 at 7:40 am

    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………………

  2. Bruce says

    May 22, 2015 at 2:02 pm

    The first one is $50K plus. Yikes!

  3. Don Quixote says

    May 22, 2015 at 10:31 pm

    Why would you allow this Lee Squires comment?

  4. Pete from the Mountains says

    May 23, 2015 at 9:13 am

    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?

  5. Ryan Nichols says

    May 28, 2015 at 5:18 pm

    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.

  6. Jonas Dupuich says

    May 28, 2015 at 5:19 pm

    Thanks Ryan – if you let me know which are which, I’ll happily make the change!

  7. Ryan Nichols says

    May 29, 2015 at 8:53 am

    Picture 10 I believe is a Utah juniper, and pictures 14 and 15 are Sierra junipers

  8. Ryan Nichols says

    May 29, 2015 at 8:54 am

    Also Jonas, thank you for sharing these wonderful photos of bonsai!

  9. Jonas Dupuich says

    May 29, 2015 at 9:16 am

    Thanks again Ryan!

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