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Thanks! Lots of good information there

Thank you for the advice, I'll be sure to just bareroot it at the very most because the pot I got for it is rather large as I want to develop it into a nice twin trunk larger bonsai. To get it to fit though I'm going to need to cut off a little of the nursery pot root ball it has now probably...

Thanks! I searched through Google a fair bit last night but I don't think I came across that page... Well that answers my question about when to prune so that's good, but I am also curious how much I can root prune in the same year because I want to get it into its bonsai pot this year too...

Great! Except that I don't see a link or anything in your post on my phone... Am I missing something?

Hello there, As the title says, I just picked up a lovely Purple Leaf Sand Cherry and I am quite lost on how to care for it. I have done some online searching and I know the tree is quite hardy, so wintering should not be an issue, but what I am struggling with right now is how much can I cut...

Cool! It looks like the pictures still so it must be alright then. I was just confused none of the trunk showed any green so thank you for clarifying that for me. I'll keep on trucking as I have been so thanks!

Because as I understand the foliage will be normal for weeks after a juniper has died so I thought the presence of green under the bark might be a more direct way to see if the tree was still alive... Is that incorrect?

Another Update: upon coming home just now I scratched the branches on the tree and they all show green underneath the bark, and the small trunk near the top does as well but most of the trunk upon scratching doesn't show green underneath until the top 20% of the tree... Is this normal for these...

Sorry for resurrecting this thread, I just wanted to give an update on the Shimpaku because I'm a little confused. I have been brining the tree in at nights when it gets frosty and putting it out during the day, but the last couple nights the temp was around 0 Celsius and I left it outside...

I have got the time and space to move it in and out and I feel that at least some time outside is going to help prolong the health of the tree better than leaving it inside 100% of the time for a few weeks. I think that I will just have to wait and see! Thanks for the help guys

For next winter you mean? Or this is the best way to acclimate it to the sort of chilly nights and not really warm days currently? I thought it would be best to bring it in the house at night and outside during the day...

I was referring to the Alberta Spruce in particular there

Good to know! Thanks for the tips. I just wanted to avoid shocking the tree from being in a greenhouse to suddenly outside in the cold and frost so hopefully it does well even though I'll have it inside at night for a few weeks. This winter I'll be sure to take the proper precautions to winter...

The wind can definitely be a real problem, they dry out so badly... It is a problem here too as well so I am not sure what is happening that makes them more susceptible where you are...

If I was so inclined there are ways I could grab some from the wild but I haven't thought about doing it... Im surprised they haven't held up for you...