P a t r i c k G i a c o b b e

JUNIPER PARSONII
Training started 2004 from nursery stock. One thing about nursery stock when it comes to
junipers there are not too many surprises. Unlike collected stock, the root system is all there,
and any jins or shiri on the tree are your creation. The tree had many possibilities, a two line
formal semi-cascade, a two line extreme cascade and so on. I did not want that kind of bonsai. So with a lot of indecision I settled on a windswept. Go figure, at the time I though it a good idea. I created jins and wired them in a windswept shape and just had a good old time, what fun. This was in Dec. 2004. I hated it. 

Feb. 2005, It has only been two months from first styling, but I could not stand it one
second longer. I pulled it out of the pot rearranged the roots , put it back in the pot and
formed an extreme cascade style. That felt a lot better. At this point I let the tree recover a
bit. It still needed a lot of refinement, so for the next year I just tinkered with it.

Jan. 2006 Time to re-pot. I chose a 7.5"X14" tall Japanese pot.

Late 2007, the tree is on it’s way to becoming a bonsai. I decided to design the tree in the
TAKO-GATACHI style, the outline is kite shape and the highest point which is part of the trunk is the apex. I keep turning it to see the front, but ya know what,
it makes my head hurt.
You pick the front.

 
Spring 2009
Tako-Gatachi, Csacade Juniper Parsonii
From apex to tip of cascade is 32", the spread at widest point is18"