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(It's occurring to me that in the title of this thread, I was using "temperate" in the general sense of "mild;" whereas a temperate climate is a well defined thing, different from what I'm saying now. Apologies if that creates any confusion! :) )

Awesome, that is great info to have, thank you! I'm specifically curious about a significantly warmer winter. Like let's say the temperature never went below 65F-70F/18C-21C. What impact might that have?

I can remember reading about how certain trees suffer if they don't experience a cold winter. Do any species of maple bonsai suffer if they stay outside in a warm climate all year round? Are there any that do fine with warmth all year? I'm specifically curious about sugar maples, but would like...

Now this is the interesting part. I thought the same thing when I bought it, but there have been multiple stems of foliage that have grown out straight a bit, and then have reversed direction 180 degrees. When this happens, the foliage becomes very rigid where the 180 degree turn is. It looks...

Thanks for the input so far. I should add that this was one of the last things left at the show and was cheap...I bought it specifically because it was so bizarre and I didn't feel like I'd be committing any major sin if I ended up butchering it. So don't feel bad being honest about what you...

Whoops....work now?

I found this tree at a local show in the for sale area, and picked it up because I had never seen anything quite like it. Unfortunately, I was unable to find out what species it was. The wood is very hard and rigid, and the foliage is either fairly straight or folds itself up into very tight...

Doug, thanks for the extension office suggestion. I did find a local office, and will pay them a visit. I do think it's completely root bound, but I haven't even lifted it out of its pot to look....I didn't want to disturb it at all after hearing how finicky they can be. I'll report back...

Bump. A little over a year has gone by. I decided to do nothing with the tree other than let it adapt to moving to a new neighborhood after I took it home from the nursery, with no pruning or repotting...or, well, any change of any kind. It went through a phase of turning slightly yellow...

Update My last post on this tree was a little over a year ago. I was having issues with leaves turning yellow as well as developing little black spots all over them. I tried horticultural oil, and it did nothing. I then went to Ace and bought a bottle of non-organic, non-earth-friendly...

Thanks for your feedback! It's funny...I have no idea what I saw in the third tree. I got home and took it out of the car and thought, "Why did I buy this?" So I agree that it isn't clear what to do with that one. I get the feeling they were pretty neglected at the nursery. They've all...

Tree #3 After some minor trimming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VwkMGsWVho

Tree #3 Tree #3 How it started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCDj55Vubj0

Tree #2 How it started (sorry for the out of focus image, I didn't realize it was out of focus After some minor trimming, and I started to give it a windswept style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSQ6LTRYZ_M As shown here, I'm thinking I'll make this a windswept style. I like that...

Tree #1 Continued Tree #1 Continued. And after some minor clean up trimming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi-V71InnQ4 I'm thinking something literati style with this. I'm thinking I'll make the first image the front of the tree. I almost see the silhouette of a very tall woman...