Eric shares the one thing beginners get wrong when styling commercial nursery junipers, and provides detailed guidance on how to avoid it and keep on the path to creating better bonsai.

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00:00:33 Eric begins with 2 Shimpaku Junipers he picked from a commercial nursery and cut back once 1.5 years ago. He plans to clean-up the foliage so he can see the structure of each branch.

00:01:31 Example of foliage clean out with detailed explanations.

00:02:47 Removing trees from their growing containers.

00:03:28 Eric styles one like he sees many beginners style nursery stock, and the other how he would style it himself.

00:04:39 Eric explains the difference in styling and results. Which tree do you like better?

00:06:41 Example of incremental work on a third tree.

00:07:14 With the fourth tree, Eric styles it to become a finished bonsai.

00:08:36 Eric's KEY POINT - DON'T SKIP!

00:09:06 Further comparison with a 15 year old bonsai. Discussion of scale in composition.

00:09:54 How to get a "twisty" trunk - start with much younger material, such as these https://www.bonsaify.com/products/kis....

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