Winter Care For Juniper Bonsai
This can be accomplished in several ways.
Winter care for juniper bonsai. The juniper cannot live indoors. Place the tree outside year round on a bright spot with lots of sunlight. A juniper bonsai is a living miniature tree and not a house plant. Unless when below a certain temperature junipers still need light.
During the autumn in colder areas hardy trees start preparing for the coming winter by hardening up new growth and for deciduous trees dropping leaves to reduce moisture loss. As a guide around thanksgiving day it is time to prepare your bonsai for its winter dormancy period which should last approximately three 3 months. Junipers grow high in mountains they can stand below freezing. Bonsai soil is more open allowing water to go in and out without remaining saturated.
They can t survive inside no tree ever does good inside. Juniper bonsai 3 years 10 months ago 25065 eangola wrote. What about put it on a wooden box cover the box with mulch to insulate the tree. Therefore your bonsai must be maintained in a cool cold environment during the winter season.
My junipers are outside during the winter and handle it perfectly well and the t here should be lower than in ne kansas even if this year winter looks like falls. During the winter protect the tree once temperatures drop below 10 degrees c 14f.