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Beauty in the Beast      Some trees need makeovers... Black Pine: Go with the Flow – Rerouting a cascading black pine. Procumbens Nana: Different Direction Down Under – Rotating a procumbens nana in Sydney, Australia. Unruly Juniper: Leaning and Leaner – Thinning and jinning into a winning windswept. Pining Away: Swept Off Its Feet – Shipping out and shaping up a pathetic pine. Too Big, Too Ugly: Two Better Bonsai – Dividing and conquering an overgrown juniper. Feisty Ficus: Formerly Frozen – Thawing and taming a rebellious ficus. Elongated Eleagnus: Truncated by Termites – Trimming and turning an informal upright into a bunjin. Hedge Fun – Renovating and repotting an arbor vitae hedge into a windswept. Back to the Front – Thinning and spinning a black pine to put its best face forward.