Hi,
Not sure if I should have posted in the “Help me!” section as I’m a beginner, apologies if I am in the wrong place.
I was recently gifted a chinese elm bonsai and it looks a bit wonky (it doesn’t have this clearly defined structure that is normally present in chinese elms). I’m however completely failing at imagining what its shape should be in my head. I tried to prune it a bit today and I don’t know if I made it better or worse, but I’m sure that I didn’t fix it.
Internet normally suggests to just support the pre-existing shape of the tree but the issue is that it already came in wonky. I’ve attached pictures from all four sides for guidance. I think in the second picture you can see that there is this weirdly dense area/branch, where I have trouble identifying which branch new branches are stemming from. Any advice would be appreciated, even if it’s redirecting me to websites that outline what to do in this situation.