Is this ninebark bonsaiable?

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Shohin
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This is in my front garden. It is totally in shade and has been there for 5 years. I would like to get it out of its current position. Thought bonsai might be the answer.
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Any thoughts are more than welcome.
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Though little used, nine bark does seem to have some potential.

I don't know your climate, (thought Yorkshire was in England)but you can usually dig up and "bonsai" a landscape plant just as buds are swelled and ready to open in the early Spring. Did you just recently prune that back? Would have been better to do it at the same time that you dug it up. Now you don't have buds to help time the dig.

You have multiple trunks that you may be able to separate and create 3-4 trees from this plant. Definitely doable. Show us the results!
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Clipped it yesterday, it normally gets its first buds on old wood. So should be ok with timing. It is pretty big. Would splitting the trunks work on ninebark?
 
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Yes, I'd like to know also! Some of us have purchased Ninebark on sale from local nurseries and are planning to chop next spring.

Some Ninebark growers have found that wiring is hard on the branches, sometimes causing dieback. Most go with clip-n-grow for their Ninebark trees.
 
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