CScott

Check out the "Two Procumbens" thread. A description of this technique was given by Al a while back. You can find it by searching "Squashed" in the forums.

Your juniper is straight going up to the first bend. That will always be a distraction that will be harder to correct as it gets older. If you aggressively wire and "Squash" your tree will look better, faster. Be sure to seal cracks in the bark that show up with extreme bending. If you don't like that idea, at least wire to get a slight bend in that lowest section.

Any tree that gets a dramatic workover needs to be in a growing pot and VERY healthy, not recently transplanted or stressed in any way.

Best of luck,

Carmen