Im thinking of Buying a Pre-Bonsai Chinese elm for a couple of year. as I really like this tree.
Im hesitant because im in zone 5a/4b, im just on the border. The chinese elm is zone 5b-10. Im worried that the winter will be to hard on my tree so I have no way of giving the tree the proper dormancy period.
Now, I was told that by the place I would buy the tree from, and this is an exact quote of the email :
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The Chinese Elm is unique in that it is a temperate Bonsai Tree. All temperate trees have the ability to go through dormancy or not. So, you can keep it indoors or outside..its up to you really. If you do not put it through dormancy I would suggest that you defoliate it (take off all the leaves and prune the brances back a bit) once or twice a year to mimic a dormant period.
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Is that true ?
Also I ask if I keep the tree in a non heated/non insulated garage it would be ok and I was told yes.
Any more opinions on this ?