october

Hello bonsaisteve1. Your tree is most likely an australian brush cherry or teenie geenie cherry. They make fantastic indoor trees and maintain their dark green foliage through out the year. They back bud well and from anywhere... Even the trunk will have new buds growing from it at different points.

If and when you prune it, cutting the leaves in half is a so so idea in my opinion. I guess this is somehow supposed to train the tree to grow smaller leaves. A better plan is, to just prune regualarly. If you decide to keep the round shape or any shape, cut the branch a little further into the interior of the tree. In other words, rather than cutting the branch so it looks leveled off with the rest of the foliage, make your cut further inside the branch. This way, when you get the new buds, they will fill in that area with healthy new small leaves.