David Crighton wrote:

Michael,

You don't agree that the bark "ages" quickly and gives the younger trees a
sense of age?

or

You don't agree that the bark is valued more than the scrubbed bark?

I don't think Dan or I were saying the latter.

--
David Crighton
Springfield (Illinois) Bonsai Society

I have a number of junipers of different varieties (sargents, procumbens, Parson's)
and have found that by removing the outer, peeling bark I discover small spots of
shari, the veins of the trunk, etc. which I would say gives the tree more
character than the outer peeling bark. IMHO.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a

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