Ryan Neil is well known for his work on collected junipers. His garden reflects this – among the many outstanding specimens at Bonsai Mirai, it’s the junipers that shine brightest.

Part of this is due to the natural characters of junipers, some of the more sinuous varieties grown for bonsai. Much of this is due to Ryan’s eye for selecting good material and his talent for developing it. Credit is also is due to Randy Knight and the others who have collected these trees from mountains, deserts and foothills and kept them alive and healthy so they could become beautiful bonsai.

Below are some of the junipers at Bonsai Mirai. See Mirai’s gallery for a look at more of their trees.

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper – see the tree’s story

Junipers in front of the Mirai workshop

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Collected junipers – note the shallow pots

Rocky Mountain juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Utah juniper – one of my favorites

Common juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper – one of the more outstanding trees in the garden

Rocky Mountain juniper

Sierra juniper

Sierra juniper

Rocky Mountain juniper

Needle juniper

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