This Sierra juniper by Boon Manakitivipart is one of three trees by Boon that appears in the gallery section of our newly reprinted Juniper Masters' Series book.
Boon Manakitivipart (Bonsai Boon) is very well-known and highly respected bonsai artist and teacher (a teacher’s teacher). He also has the distinction of having three of his trees in our newly reprinted Juniper book. All three and a couple others appear here. Including one that is on the cover of our final Bonsai Today issue from way back in 2007.
At least four of the trees (maybe all five) shown here are yamadori (bonsai that were originally collected in the wild) and four of the five are from North America’s western mountains ranges (the Shore juniper just below is native to Japan and judging by the bark, is probably a yamadori).
This simple, natural looking tree is a Rough bark Shore juniper (Jun procumbens sp.). It's also by Boon and it also appears in our Juniper book.
Though we showed this one yesterday, it completes the three Boon trees in our Juniper book, so we'll include it here as well. It's a Rocky mountain juniper with a very distinctive piece of deadwood hanging on the trunk.
This California juniper, also by Boon, is not from our Juniper book. We had well over a hundred choices for the gallery, so some very worthy trees were left off.
This one, also by Boon and also not in our Juniper book, does have the distinction of being on the cover of our final issue of Bonsai Today (issue 108). It's a Sierra juniper.
