Open to suggestions on this abused Juniper

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Also, once you get the trunk in place, allow the tree to dictate where it's branches will end. What do I mean by this? So, let's say you've bent and twisted the trunk, and all of your trunk structure is set. As you begin to wire and set your branches, if the branch you're wiring comes off the right side of the trunk, wire it as a right branch. You can move it forward or back, and you should to get more movement, but the branch should exist within the side of the trunk it's origin comes from. Not only does this save you severe bending, but it also takes some of that big design question away. You know that a branch coming out of the back is a back branch, even though you can move it left or right to fill in some spaces. You know that a branch coming out of the left side is a left branch, but you can still move it forward and backward to fill in space. If you have two branches coming out of the same side, and the only place you can use both stacks one on top of the other, you know one of the two has to go. You still have creative license over the branch's movement and pad design, but this method takes a lot of the indecision and unease out of the design process.

This makes really good sense, thanks Beebs.

Well Cascade, Informal Upright, Raft style, or Windswept. Hmmmm...choices!o_O
 
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Well, not sure if I could pull this off but someone mentioned a semi-cascade style...would this be close to that, it would require a repot on an angle as well? Still mulling through ideas.;)
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