LittleDingus
Omono
Omg, -25°C!
How do you manage that cold with your bonsai?
Heated greenhouse, indoor?
What a pity losing that tree when you moved.
I wish I cold live a little bit inland from Barcelona, where winters are cold as -15°C sometimes...not as cold as near high mountain, but cold enough to have regular snow
That was a rare event! We were actually out of town visiting grandkids...but it wasn't much warmer where they were! I did see the forecast before we left and mover most things into the garage for the week.
Most people in these climes will "heel in" their natives for the winter. Common thinking is a pot drops 2 zones of winter protection. But heeled into the ground means ground warmth is close to what natives would normally experience anyway...so better to leave them outside.
I don't heel in my natives here...no place for it
Plus, a sizeable portion of my stuff is out-of-zone and needs protection anyway. My sequoia survive my winters ok, but the coast redwoods wouldn't. Plus I have things like rainbow eucalyptus and cork oak and even baobabs. Those all need winter housing. Probably 2/3 of my collection gets winter housing while the last 1/3 lives outside year round except for "special" occasions You'll get the advice to "grow native" a lot. It does make life easier
You mentioned you were "new to bonsai"...is this your only tree so far? Do you grow anything else? Houseplants? Gardening? Landscaping?
That is the plan I followed more or less.
