This juni has been through the mill! Think I bought it from the little bonsai table at a hardware store, felt sorry for it as most of the trees that end up on that table die...
Anyway, started off as a very wobbly informal upright (almost no roots, so improvised and tied it into this bottomless basket to establish itself). This was in 09, I am now ashamed to say I styled it like this
I eventually took it out of the basket. Under its own weight, it slowly tilted side-ways until it was lying horizontal to the ground!
After maybe two years in the ground, I needed room in my grow-patch for other (more worthwhile) trees, so uprooted it and dumped it into an old pot where it stayed for another year. On the upside it was now much healthier 
About four weeks ago I decided to see if there was any potential in it, and somehow came out with this:
Sorry about the blurry-ness, the my camera didnt want to focus on the whole thing today.
However, needless to say I'm quite pleased with it, and though its not fantastic, its a start and something I'm much happier with than that bush. Once it bulks out again might cut the branch in the fore-ground shorter, but we shall see.
Opinions, advice and future ideas are all more than welcome!
Yes I agree, putting it in the ground would be a good idea at this point, however I think I will wait for the tree to set in its style and take off the wire before I do put it in the ground. Thanks again! Do you think it would improve the tree to cut the first branch shorter, possibly to the new shoot emerging?
