Shimpaku
Binomial name: Sabina chinesis
Family: Cupressaceae
Japanese name: Miyama byakushin
English name: Chinese Juniper
Description: Shimpaku is a variant species of miyama byakushin which is a conspecific of ibuki (Chinese Juniper).
Shimpaku Junipers can also be repotted in autumn if necessary since they enter a period of renewed root growth at that time. Extensive root pruning in autumn is probably not a good idea, however.
Shimpaku (Juniperus chinesis) bonsai, otherwise known as the Chinese Juniper bonsai is one of the popularly used Juniper in bonsai styling. It's an excellent bonsai specimen especially for beginners because of its versatility and hardiness.
Shimpaku juniper - Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii
Estimated 250 years old
Japanese white pine - Pinus parviflora
Estimated 80 years old ...
SHIMPAKU (Juniperus chinesis)
Shimpaku is also known as the Chinese Juniper, an excellent choice for bonsai. This evergreen is highly tolerant of various soil types.
Shimpaku Juniper - Trained (juniper chinensis)
Price: 49.95
Hawaiian Umbrella Tree - Large (arboricola schefflera)
Price: 49.95 ...
This Shimpaku needed just about every branch wired to bring it into the desired shape. Something like this will take any where from six to eight hours work on a tree of this size.
Shohaku includes Kuro-matsu(Pinus thunbergii), Aka-matsu(Pinus densiflora), Goyo-matsu(Piuns parviflora), Shimpaku(Juniperus chinensis ver, sargentii), Ichii(Taxus cuspidata), Tosho(Juniperus rigida), Hinoki(Chamaecyparis obtusa), etc.
I would estimate that over 60% are made from 'procumbens' and 'shimpaku' juniper. They are also, generally, made from lower cost growing stock.
General information: In Japan, this tree is called "shimpaku" and thus it is often referred to in western countries as "shimpaku juniper". The shimpaku is native to Japan, the Kurile Islands and the Sahalin peninsula.
Thinning the foliage of shimpaku junipers and other juniper trees is beneficial in showing them at their best and in preventing Spider mites later in the summer. The thick foliage pads, which develop on Junipers, cause the plant to look "poodly".
JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS 'Shimpaku'. Shimpaku Junipers are great for bonsai because the needles are so small that they are in scale with the rest of the tree and form tight, neat patches of foliage. The trunks also don't take too long to thicken.
There are many different varieties including Japanese Garden Junipers, Green Mound, Sargent's, Needle, Shimpaku, and Chinese Junipers, just to name a few. Junipers are also one of the easiest forms of bonsai to take care of.
None of my other Junipers, including Shimpaku and Rocky Mountain, showed any signs of it. San Jose Junipers are not resistant. If you create bonsai from trees collected from the wild or from old gardens you may run into problems.
Most Junipers are ideal cascade material, especially the Juniperus chinensis sargentii (Shimpaku) or Juniperus procumbens nana and procumbens prostrata. Also, I particularly enjoy working with the Cedrus atlantica glauca (Blue Atlas Cedar).
Some of the more common juniper species being made into bonsais are Shimpaku, Japanese Garden Juniper, Green Mound, Chinese Juniper, Sargents, Needle and many more.
Junipers
- Juniperus sargentii (Sargent's juniper)
- Juniuperus chinensis (Chinese Juniper)
- Juniperus X media - in particularly 'Shimpaku, Blauuw and Plumosa
- Juniperus virginiana - Virginia Juniper ...
selected for various characters, such as yellow foliage (e.g. cvs. 'Aurea', 'Tremonia'), permanently juvenile foliage (e.g. cv. 'Shoosmith'), columnar crown shape (cv. 'Columnaris'), abundant cones (e.g. cv. 'Kaizuka'), etc. The cultivar 'Shimpaku' ...
by which to abide lest they become helpless and lost As bonsai has become a religion to most of us, I have given you something higher than mere laws They were given to me in a vision as I ascended Mount Fuji and are graven into a slab of Shimpaku ...
Iwasaki's assistant who arranged for me to climb Mt. Ishizuchi, the tallest mountain in southern and western Japan. This is where the most famous Japanese five-needle pines grow naturally, as well as Shimpaku junipers.
 See also: Bonsai, Juniper, Tree, Garden, Growing
  
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