Juniper Styling Ideas

[Irfan]

Hi there. I Bought this juniper beginning of spring. Cut off lots of branches and wired it. It started budding so I believe I haven't harmed it much. I didn't repot it yet and from what I read on forum that would be too much of a shock in one season so I plan on leaving it till end of summer?

Please give style recommendations.

 

[Mame-Mo]

I'm new so I would defer to other people's experiences on this thread, but given how small the tree is at this point it looks like a repot wouldn't hurt it. I can't tell what kind of juniper it is but I've cut something like 89% of the foliage and the roots off of procumbens nana and kept it alive (I don't recommend this, just saying I have done it). That said I would recommend simply slip potting this into something bigger and allowing the tree to grow. You put good movement in the trunk, but it would benefit from getting thicker in a larger growing container.