Advice styling this this douglas fir?

[My Kind of Meat]

I collected this double stem douglas fir in spring 2020 and grew it in this ugly plastic pot I had lying around. It grew very vigorously this year and with some light pruning and pinching I am starting to get some good back-budding.

I would like to wire and style it this fall but I am unsure of what type of design to go for since I have never styled a bonsai before.

I notice that many double stem designs I have seen have the shorter of the trees anywhere from 1/3 to 2/3 the height of the taller one.

Since the one on the right is more curvy and slightly thicker with an apex that is naturally shaped nicely, I am thinking I'll keep it as the dominant.

That still leaves me with the questions of building an apex on the left one. There is a medium sized branch about halfway up on it that would be the new leader.

Thats about as far as I've gotten. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas that would be very helpful. I am very open to critique and ideas so fire away!

 

[Eckhoffw]

Could we get a few more angles?
Hard to develop a strategy without much of a 3-D understanding.
Nice movement going on.

 

[My Kind of Meat]

The first pic was what I was planning to be the front

This is one side

 

[My Kind of Meat]

And this is the back

 

[AlainK]

I wouldn't keep it as a "double-trunk".

I'd remove the more straight trunk on the right in the last photo, maybe leaving a short stub of deadwood, and concentrate on the other trunk, on the left that already has a nice natural movement.

And put the rocks on the soil in my pathway to the garage

 

[My Kind of Meat]

I wouldn't keep it as a "double-trunk".

I'd remove the more straight trunk on the right in the last photo, maybe leaving a short stub of deadwood, and concentrate on the other trunk, on the left that already has a nice natural movement.

And put the rocks on the soil in my pathway to the garage

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Thanks, I like that idea! A big part of my struggle was how to cut back that stem in a way that looks good/meshes well with the curvy one. That would solve the problem!

 

[sorce]

Welcome to Crazy!

That trunks line is pretty straight for a while.

I wouldn't be in much of a hurry though.

Sorce

 

[Potawatomi13]

Limbs thin now, should be for awhile. Wait to wire until needles shed where needing wire. Could wire bare trunk now if desired. If desiring bigger trunk need to grow in ground or bigger box for several years. Could use straighter trunk as sacrifice to fatten base and later remove. Please put personal location in profile.