Category: Winter Care

Building My Bonsai Cold Frame In Minnesota

By Celina Blandford My first year starting bonsai, winter care seemed the most intimidating aspect of keeping trees in Minnesota.  Click to View Larger Unless you only keep tropicals, outdoor winter protection for your trees is a necessary part of caring for bonsai in Minnesota. My first year of bonsai I stored my tree with…

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Minnesota Wintering Tips and Tricks from MBS members

Let there be light! One word – give them lights. Don’t keep them in the dark. Keep azalea, boxwood, holly, and shimpaku junipers under lights. I think they do better with light as they are not kept cold enough to be completely dormant… I’d put all trees with foliage under lights if I could afford…

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