A Your skyrocket juniper (a cultivar of our native eastern red cedar, or Junipererus virginiana) is suffering from a disease that is normally seen as more of a problem with apples, the other tree ...

Juniper bonsai trees should be fertilized regularly during the growing season. Use a balanced, water-soluble fertilizer every two weeks. Be careful not to over-fertilize, as this can damage the roots.

The expert - who likes to call himself The Grumpy Gardener - also advised to look for Skyrocket Juniper. This ornamental tree has a slender elegant shape and an unusual steel blue foliage.

The best time to fertilize trees and shrubs is September 15 to October 15 according to Somalski. He says we can still fertilize these woody ornamentals between October 15 and November 15.