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Hi everybody! Brand new here and this is my first bonsai.

Just picked it up at Home Depot and trying to figure out what kind of bonsai it is (I'm thinking juniper but not certain).

Also, need some advice for care. The man at Home Depot said it's an indoor plant but what I'm reading online is that Juniper's are outdoor. The rocks covering the soil are all glued to stay put so kinda hard to tell if it needs water.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I'm already in love with this bonsai tree!

Yes, it's a juniper, and no it won't grow inside, at all. there is a link on how to care for such, www.bonsaiempire.com/tree-species/juniper . It's considered, an easy tree to grow. It will take a few years for it to be considered a tree.

Get rid of these glued on pebbles asap- they will prevent water entering the soil and you will not see If the soil is dry .
Although I know you are very happy with your tree it is far from being a bonsai : it is just a young tree planted in a pot and sold as bonsai. But that doesn't mean it can become one in 10 years or so, given the proper care.

Oh come on, five years for a shohin (can't spell)

Thanks guys. Please forgive my ignorance on this but I have more questions. So because I was looking for an indoor bonsai, I'm wondering if it would be viable to put it outside for 4-5 hours a day then bring it in? Also, at what point is it defined as a bonsai?

Thanks

Kage wrote: Thanks guys. Please forgive my ignorance on this but I have more questions. So because I was looking for an indoor bonsai, I'm wondering if it would be viable to put it outside for 4-5 hours a day then bring it in? Also, at what point is it defined as a bonsai?

Thanks

sorry out side,all it's life. With special care some plants can winter indoors, but not junipers

Will it die? If it's inside at night? Home depot had it inside. This makes me very sad, really don't want to return it

This is the label it came with. We all thought "house plant" meant indoor lol

All those plants, on the tag, are outside, on top the tag, it says bright light. Put it outside.

There is no such thing as an indoor plant/tree. Think of it: there is not one tree in the entire world that lives naturally indoors. It is just a way for sellers to sell their plants. 90% of the help my tree is dying posts here are from people with " indoor " trees. I have never seen one of them come back here to show how good their tree is doing indoor ( and there are hundreds of these posts here on this forum).
Another thing that plants really dislike is being moved around, so place it somewhere outside in the sun and leave it there.