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Myself I would lose the long root on the left side, if possible. But the other knarled roots look interesting. Forgive me for going slightly off topic here, but I notice you live in zone 3/4 pdbbonsai (I am in 4). This looks like an interesting species but since they are "only hardy to zone 5", I'm hesitant try them (though I did go ahead and buy one last summer). Are they tough plants? The way I see it, if their roots are hardy but the flower buds are easily damaged, I can protect against that with snow mulch.

17-Dec-2002	#8
mike79 bonsaiTALK Neophyte Join Date: Jun-2002 Posts: 7	Myself I would lose the long root on the left side, if possible. But the other knarled roots look interesting. Forgive me for going slightly off topic here, but I notice you live in zone 3/4 pdbbonsai (I am in 4). This looks like an interesting species but since they are "only hardy to zone 5", I'm hesitant try them (though I did go ahead and buy one last summer). Are they tough plants? The way I see it, if their roots are hardy but the flower buds are easily damaged, I can protect against that with snow mulch.