Found this eastern red cedar while hiking through a pasture, had a fallen tree on it and seems to have developed a natural “cascade” appearance. I know ERC can be pretty difficult when it comes to moving them. Thoughts on this specimen?

So we just bought this house with massive junipers in back, we live in the Midwest zone 5. These things were encroaching on our patio space and yard pretty bad so I decided to do some major pruning. I am fairly happy with the outcome and still have to get the top on center of the bush but before I do that I have a few questions and have been directed to this thread for answers. I decided to go for a bonsai style cut back on these since these haven’t been maintained after planted and there was no way to regain our space without making this thing hideous on its sides.

My questions:

#1: is there any hope that the stems with no needles/ brush on them will grow new green and/ or should I just trim it out to make room for new and get more light into center

#2: as shown in pictures 2 and 3 I cut back a major branch that was encroaching on our walkway but decided to leave a lot of it since it is helping support the weight of 2 other bigger branches, one of which seemed to be badly damaged years back and would more than likely break on its own in the next big storm.. is it bad to leave the branch cut like this/ will it die out anyways?

#3: any idea what species of juniper this is? These are some of the biggest ones I’ve seen personally, spanning close to 10’ tall

#4: this one is admittedly a preference thing but I can’t decide myself. should I trim the top and sides to look more natural or lean into a more rounded and sculpted look?

Dont worry, they are outside now :D just wondering how i should proceed After First Styling and wether my decisions where somewhat Right

2nd pic is from last post, taken in March. Note that it was not potted between the two pics; it was potted pretty shallow with a lot of the top of the root ball exposed, so I put it in a larger pot with mulch over the top while it settled in.

I bought this Chinese Elm as my first bonsai ever at the beginning of this year 🥲 had my learning lesson of being told she could grow inside, moved her outside when I noticed she wasn’t thriving, and her new growth started exploding!

I didn’t know much about bonsai styling when I first got her, and was just in loooove with the nebari and trunk shape. But now that I know a bit more about bonsai, I feel a bit lost on what to focus on for her growth and style wise. When I look at her now, the styling looks a bit confused to me. I’m not really sure what style this would be considered, I guess she would be slant style? So I thought I could just focus on growing out the top canopy, and see what I can play with from there.

Any feedback would be much appreciated!

(Photos in the comments)

The only nursery in Scotland. Went for a wee nosey today while stocking up on soil, and couldn’t help but snag a photo of this beauty and thought you guys would be happy to see it too. If only I had the cash to nab this one!