Why do you want to prune them? What are you trying to accomplish? They look healthy and don't appear to be in the way of anything.

I think and I am by far no expert at this I am still learning, but the branches that stick way out to one side or the other maybe to make the shrub more uniform so it does not look "ragged" or out of that cone shape.

Give it a year, it'll fill in. Unless you want to do topiary, most conifers (imo) are best left alone or at least minimally interfered with.

Unless you are trying to make a sheared hedge out of them, there is little reason to ever prune any conifers. They are best left to the 3 D's of pruning - the removal only of dead, damaged or diseased material. Nothing else.

"Uniformity" is a human concept we place onto plants....not one that they develop on their own. Few plants are precisely uniform in their appearance........It's called 'nature' :-)

it is assuming it mature form ... and imo... i would let it ...

you will soon wish you had planted it a little further from the fence .. imo.. move the fence when the time comes ... or just remove it ....

if you allow it to achieve its own future.. you will never need to prune it ...

if you stat pruning it ... well.. it will be a lifetime job ...

i had quite a number of variation on this theme.. and i ended up removing them all.. due to juniper tip blight ... nothing to do about that.. but making you aware of the issue ...

if i am correct on the name.. this is your future potential: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Juniperus+viginiana&t=ffcm&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

they are not small plants ... and i believe they are the basis of the cedar fence post/ mulch industry ... aka.. weeds.. lol ...

in summation .. your babe is transforming from that cute little blue plant you bought.. into the tree it is.. with a lot of potential ...

ken

thanks to all who commented always learning something new!

Saturn, when coming across 'Moffat Blue', I considered its smaller size would lend well to the streamline look I desired for this particular location. I began lightly shearing them in their first summer, though later they opened up a bit too much to become thick waisted. That's when I decided I wanted a much narrower look. So, I went in with my snippers and cut back the longer branches to make a much tighter column of growth and have closely sheared them regularly ever since. My northern growing season is short, though these take very well to pruning anywhere from early spring well until into August. This photo was snapped in 2018, they have since really grown and thickened up nicely to give that strong punctuation to the garden I was seeking.

Since no other plant in the scene dominated by informally planted, flowing bed and lawn shapes has been made geometric with shearing the junipers now look out of place and disruptive. Like you went and got giant cleaning brushes and stuck them in here and there.

Yes, I was trying to not be offensive and say 'it offends my sensibilities', but it does ;)

But for sure, each to his/her own.

I like them! I appreciate a formal element incorporated in a naturalist scheme. On the other hand, I find the white flowering plant to be jarring..

Kitasei, that's a paniculata 'Little Lamb' hydrangea, blooms change to pinkish and become more subtle. I do incorporate a LOT of color into my landscape, believe me when having winters as long as mine, most folks become starved for it! Though, with that said, I do wish to add many more conifers to the landscape.