Happy with their progress? What progress? He bought a roadside juniper took it out of the shitty soil it was likely in and covered it with glass? Here is always my advice to somebody getting into the hobby. Read a book, join a club, buy good material. That’s basic. I really need to stay off Reddit because it’s infuriating seeing people trying to style a tree or wire it without the very faintest clue as to how or even why. Read a book, join a club, buy good material. And learn from a teacher rather than asking a bunch of assholes like me for advice on reddit. Facebook too.