Junipers can be kept indoors when required. I do this nearly every year. I get a gift cert to the local bonsai shop for x-mas. I go to the shop and the only interesting trees are junipers. They have gone dormant for a couple months then he brings them in for the holidays. Durring my time off over the holiday break I style and re-pot
. I grow them in my basement in humidity trays under regular old cool white 4 foot shop lights kept 1-2 inches from the top of the tree. I do mist the trees once a day. The temps are around 60-70F.
Once the temps get above freezing they go outside and stay outside from then on out. I normally winter in the back of my garage from then on.
So it is not optimal but can be done. The penjing pic below was started this way 2 or 3 years ago. And the other one was done this year.
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