What the HECK is a Shimpaku Juniper? | Bonsai-U 

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Hip aesthetics and music, solid information. Love the content, Bjorn.

A clear and concise explanation, which has cleared up the juniper naming confusion in the general bonsai world. Thank you Bjorn.

These bonsai-u clips really are high in quality. Amazing stuff. Thanks for all your efforts! Really interesting and a great in-depth explanation!

Theres something so therapeutic watching this dude explaining stuff about bonsai...hahaha

Great clarification & context. Thank you very much.

Much needed this clarification... Thank you so much... Please make a video on Platycladus orientalis as a bonsai material... Hope you do...

Thanks to you Bjorn to explain about shimpaku..... Huge greetings from Bolivia

always waiting for your videos, you make very informative content , great job Bro

Thanks for the information! The more I watch and learn, the greater my love of bonsai becomes!

would love to see a show on the types of Juniper the weeping ones can be some great works done right

Thank You ! So valuable to have real knowledge heard above the noise of forums and all the 'Bro-Talk'

VERY informative. I have several junipers, 2 that were supposedly Shimpaku, a Hinoki, and others, and I've been wanting to know more about the Shimpaku since I am trying to figure out how to start training. Thanks for this, subbed.

Really liked this vid. Love the info. Definitely do more, please!

This video would have invited an awesome opportunity to show us all the progression of the shohin styled itoigawa you wired and did shari on in a previous video. Alas, love the videos, please keep them coming. I actually purchased one of your itoigawa whips after seeing said previous video, and plan to implement your process here in Central Arkansas with it, as far as wiring and net potting it to start. The process and your explanation of things make things easy to follow, will definitely have to make a trip to the nursery in the future post rona... cheers 🍻

Again learning very interesting details about bonsai! Thanks

More great content! You mentioned a lot about grafting. Maybe a future video on the many different methods of grafting. Sadly, approach grafting is something I fail at miserably. Thanks for the video!

Very much enjoyed this lesson. Thank you!

Sitting here in coastal British Columbia and I am wondering just what I could find in the mountains next hike , truly inspiring!!

Björn, Thank you for that excellent clarification and explanation. I’m new to Bonsai and I hear the big guys toss these names around left and right and it did not make sense to me until now. A breakthrough moment for my little brain in the learning of Bonsai process.

Very cool. Going to have to watch this a few times to digest.

Liked and subbed! 33 years in bonsai and the way you teach puts Brian to shame.

Thanks mate that was fascinating. I only ever thought there was one variety.

Such an informative and well edited video,..

Excellent video Bjorn! One Japanese guy who owns a bonsai nursery here in LA told me Shimpaku means junipers. So thanks for the details and clarification !

Very interesting and informative. I learned a lot. Thank you sir

Very interesting. I got myself a Chinese juniper a few months ago and I wondered what it's called in Japanese, because it's one of the "normal" Chinese junipers you get here in the West, not one of those Itoigawa-type ones, which seem to be called _shinpaku_ as you also said here in the video. The Japanese Wikipedia says _ibuki_ or _byakushin_ for example, but you said there's also _toshô_ which seems to be a Juniperus rigida and it's also called _nezu,_ _nezumisan,_ _muro_ or _moronoki._ So I'm still not really sure what these standard Chinese junipers with needles are supposed to be called in Japanese, but I definitely learned a bit more about the word _shinpaku._ Thanks for the nice lesson!

How I love your content. I have never created bonsai and I've rarely even seen bonsai in person but this is such an interesting subject that I had to subscribe. I almost feel at 62 that I'm too old to learn bonsai but I think I'm going to give it a try. I thank you for inspiring me. :-)

Such a great teacher ❣️ thanks!

Awesome video! One of those things that have confused me with a lot of varying information online :)

I'm really glad to know this. Thank you for teaching us

You are the best bonsai channel ever.

Pengetahuan yg mendalam. Thanks Bjorn!

Very informative. Thanks for sharing.

I just want to say thank you. I was always that person who said "awe idk, I kill every plant I ever touch"... During my quarantine "time off" period. Your channel has been a major lifesaver for me. I gained a basic understanding of keeping plants alive. Growing something new. Taking time/care to grow something new. After this summer I have several things to care about now. Thank you for helping me learn to care. I have pride in my few little specimen. I hope to see what my plants can someday become.

Hey man, hi from Brazil, what a nice video as always you do!!!, Congrats !!!!

Very good explanation! thanks

very informative. thank you sensei!

You should do a video about juniperus procumbens (Sonare)!!!! It has both juvenile and mature foliage all growing at the same time

Really enjoyed the history lesson.💕

Those mountains in Japan look so beautiful. They seem much steeper than the slopes here in NC/TN. Great video!

Great video👌 really good and informative

Excellent teaching!

Another great informative video

I would like to see the comparison through close-up photos of both species of shimpaku (Kishu and Itoigawa) because I always have doubts which is which. I have several species of shimpaku and I would like to identify them correctly. If you could make a short video it would be great. Thank you for this video.

Very interesting,thank you very much.

Great episode 🤘🏼

There should almost be a warning about the large branch cut off😳 of the amazing tree in the intro 😉

Wow. Great history there. Are there any books on this you can recommed Bjorn?

Thanks, that was very interesting

Very similar to how Tempura really = Tenpura (eg: Tendon, 天丼). 🍤🍚😋 But, what about San Jose juniper? It’s a Chinensis, but where is it really from... China or California? Is it considered a shimpaku too?

Keren keterangannya om

A few questions. You say that the Rocky Mountain Yamadori are ethically collected? Do they replant when they harvest Yamadori? I see in your video at least three mountain areas denuded of Yamadori. Why don't you do videos of deciduous and small Bonsai? I think I have been able to root some Chickasaw Plumbs I will know in the Spring.

thx Bro ,great Information :-)

Isele Nursery (OR, USA) sells these tiny specimen called Juniperus Chinensis “Shimpaku”. I wish I knew exactly what it was! It’s beautiful and sorta looks like Itoigawa but how can I be sure? lol

Estupendo vídeo!!!!!!

Hi great vid. Good info. Can I ask where is your t shirt from. Can you get them in the UK. thanks.

Very informative

That s how talk bonsai master . Well done..

Thanks!

Love this guy

Love it! thank you Bjorn. QUESTION: why do they through the Chinensis in there? were these original shimpakus brought over from china at some point? I see the the words chinese juniper on our garden junipers here.

great video. i just ordered a kishu

When is a good time to repot a juniper in Florida

Good job!

Highly recommended

hi bjorn, i'm from indonesia. I hope you can have Juniperus Papuanus tree from Indonesia and I want you to be able to explore about that Juniperus

Would it be possible to replant location specific shimpaku in the Japanese mountains to start replenishment of the mountainsides for the future. It seems a shame for nature to lose them due to recollection.

I would like to start with a juniper bonsai, but the question remains where can I buy small juniper trees?

beautiful

In chinese you’d hear sungpa (shōpaku) or songsu (shoso) or pa su (pakugi)

Hi from Vicki first time viewer here. I have a very old Bonsai left to me by my mother plus a few others. Sad to say I did not realize it was Bonsai please forgive me! I changed it out from original pot because it had grown so large. I am going to work on it and return it to an appropriate pottery pot. Would it be possible to send picture of it could you help me identify it?

What is the difgerent ,shinpaku to itoigawa?

I recently bought a 20-25yr old “Shimpaku Juniper” from my local bonsai nursery. But I wasn’t able to get a specific name for it. After seeing this video, I know I now don’t have the specific name of what I have. Can anyone help me identify it??

Do a private bonsai garden tour. You can start with mine. Lol

Do they consider Procumbens a Tosho?

It's really Shinpaku?! My life has been a lie. I feel like "Shimpaku" is one of this hyper realistic cakes floating amongst the internet.

I want your brain 😂😂 You really are awesome dude 👍👍

Hello, excellent video. Could you put subtitles in Spanish? it would be good to understand it better and share it with some friends. Thanks

This is cool

Me gustaría subtítulos en español, sería de agradecer, gracias.

i'm big fans from Indonesia....

Whoa.

kearifan lokal di daerahku bahwa shimpaku adalah salahsatu jenis juniperus dan itu sudah menjadi indentitas

are all j. chinensis considered shimpaku junipers?

👏🏻cool

my life been lie,i think shimpaku was a juniper species name😂,as example juniper procumbens nana,chinensis,shimpaku,itoigawa😂.thank you bjorn

Missed an opportunity to do a segment of yourself in the onsen...

love this chanel! if we were in prison i would definitely protect you in the shower

Is a sea green juniper a shimpaku?

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What would you call a San Jose Juniper then?

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Back in the real world where we can’t hike up Mt Yakatoti and find a 400 year old tree ,why don’t you show us common folks how to style a 5” shimpaku bonsai . It was nice hearing the history though!

Max level Covid hair. Bet you could wire that...

sometimes i wish i was born Japanese

Translate from indonesia linguage..... pleace

Did you travel to Japan just for this video?!

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