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Well I had purchased a seven year old Juniper from a well known shop up here in Washington about three years ago. Only the trunk was trained. I was quite proud as it was my first bonsai, let alone one that I would get to shape with pruning. Well, a breakup happened shortly after that and bam! Several very young junipers I had started to train went missing as well as my first bonsai. Two days ago, I came home to all my Junipers on my front porch with a note saying "I'm sorry." I am dumb founded.

So, I do not know a whole lot about bonsai. They have about three years of untrained growth. I attempted to clean up the Juniperus Procumbens as best I could, but I am totally stumped on where to go from here. It was sagging quite a bit under the weight of all the overgrowth. Training wire had been left on the trunk the entire time so now there is some decently deep indentaions.

So, first I tried to prune it to the best of my knowledge without over doing it. I only had a roll of small wire, so I had to reuse the 10mm wire for the trunk. I also attached wire to the pot from two points on the trunk wire to help support the Juniper back into an upright position. At least she repotted it into a 5 gallon container. The rest are rootbound and almost dead.

I am going to try to attach pictures. I am hoping for some advice on what to do. For example, what style would work well, pruning tips on for this type of juniper, etc. Thank you all so much in advance!

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Starting from the front, rotating the pot clockwise...
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There is an interesting feature in the trunk that is hidden currently
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Ah! A little more searching and I finally came across the right species name... its a shimpaku!

A Shimpaku is a Juniperus Chinensis, not a Juniperus Procumbens.
The foliage is quite different.

Are you using guy wires attached to your main wire? Research wiring bonsai on here. If you do it that way you're going to have some weird or deep groves in the bark. Wiring can be one of the hardest things to learn and master in bonsai, so the more practice the better. If this were mine I would take it all off and start over(chalk it up to experience). Either only use the guy lines or make sure when you do use them that they don't cross your existing wire when you use them together. I hope this is helpful!