I did a fair bit of research because of this thread and learned they can live into zone 11 areas like South florida, and northern Africa is a native region so I figured they naturally have a somewhat shorter and more mild winter. So I've been seeing the same stone pines at home depot since late winter so I know theyve been in cold for awhile now so I pruned and wired mine into the natural flat top form, and put it into my tropical greenhouse which is very much like florida. That's why I said I was playing god I figured leave it out as long as I can each year then start its spring when I decide lol I guess I'll see if it survives.