Old mugos often have some bare 'legs' :-) And even more so inclined to develop if not located in full sun. Based on the directional growth, I'd say it was being shaded out by the plants behind (and the tree canopy in season). May not be the best location for a pine........

How many pines are there? You won't be able to get denser branching in that location, so no, pruning will not help. As for alliums, if you like them, they wouldn't hurt the growth of the pines. As for other landscape suggestions, we need to know where on the planet is this?

tj

Thank you for suggestion. I was also thinking that this is mugo pine. As i told i like its bare wood but i need to decorate it a bit. I really don’t want to replace them. I will leave the drastic measures for the very end.

We are located in Ljubljana Slovenija. Our temp are ranging -15c to + 30/37. The location of those pines is very sunny. South is behind my back, when i was taking picture. Thus making east on my right and west on left. The rest of this garden doesnt have any shade and those pines have lots of sun.

But you are right those bushes behind had shaded them a lot. In fact the picture was taking after lots of pruning. Previous owners had tenants who didnt care for the garden too much.

As long as landscaping i am thinking about installing some wood barks underneath just to make an even background for those branches to be seen. I really love how they curve so i want just to bring it forward in terms of visibility. Also the garden is small so I dont want to over bare it with many plants. I would rather go for more clean modern look.

Also i am thinking some tall flowering plants like alliums to fill the gaps. On the other hand pine branches will be less visible ...
Another option is flowering groundcovers...

Be aware that many alliums are bulbs that put up leaves, flower, and then the leaves die back, leaving the seeds developing. A bunch of the tall ones have leaves that start dying back before the flowers are open. Don't get me wrong, I love them, but placement so that you don't have to look at yellowing foliage which distracts from the flowers is helpful. By early July here in my cold zone 5a my tall alliums are just the seedheads, which I leave since I find them attractive, but which can be cut back. Unless you have one of the short herbaceous alliums, they aren't all season plants; more like a month or so here, similar to other bulbs such as daffodils or tulips, but a bit later in the season.

blooming early June

Seedheads with wide, yellowing leaves at the base 3 weeks later. These will be tan in another couple of weeks.

Mulch will be good to reduce weeds and keep moisture and temperature of the soil more even in the short term. A flowering and/or evergreen groundcover will fill in over time to give you a more attractive background.

Limbing up the tree and trimming back surrounding shrubs (not sure if your photo is before or after pruning) will give the pine more light and perhaps it will lean less over time as branches fill in.

some people love them for the exposed bark ... and the mature look you have now ...

if you dont like it the way it is.. remove and replace ...

but if you just admire it for a year ... perhaps you will come to love it for what it is ... besides.. dont you have enough other projects that will need be done???

many of us would love to have the space to allow a conifer to grow for 30 years ...

ken

"there is a huge gap between conifer and the shrub behind. . . .
Can i plant some alliums in the gap between the benches and evergreen shrub behind"

Could you post a pic showing the area behind the Pine where you want to do the planting better? I suppose you want to improve the view from your window?

Thank you all for commenting. I will definitely think about replacing conifers since i now saw how they should look like when fed right and when they dont compete for sun. They are much bushier then mine :) Anyway, leaving them for now and i will see if their wood would impress or irritate me after some time...
Sure i have many more projects to run but many of them were decided before and now i have time to concentrate on my garden. Later on when some finer parts of renovation will be handled i will not have time for my garden.
Secondly, we have stunning view on valley and absolutely lovely garden. Garden is important part of our life for both my husband and me. So it is equally important to renew it as the house. Perhaps this is why we keep our attention on both :)
As for the alliums thank you for such an extensive description. And you are right. I will need to put some other plants to hide yellow leaves. Irises perhaps? Or some sage... what would be better choice?