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Hello everyone, First post here but loving the site!

I bought my Buddha pine last autumn, keeping it in an unheated conservatory. When winter kicked in here in the UK I moved it to the sunniest windowsill in the house (south facing kitchen). Since then it has gone downhill.

The leaves have turned an olive grey green and are very dry and crisp to the touch. The new shoots that were appearing at the tips of the branches have dried up completely.

I use rain water when I can (admittedly not every occasion), watering every 3 or 4 days or when the soil feels dry to the touch,and feed the tree once a month or so.

I've scrapped a little of the bark and underneath seems a pale green so hope it's not dead yet. I have a Chiese Elm in the same location which gets the same treatment and seems fine.

Any help you can give as to whether the pine is dead or any tips to revive it will help alot!

Without a picture it is impossible tot tell, but it sounds like a lost cause. Bringing it inside is what caused the problem, trees dislike being in out living rooms,they are waaay to dry and lack light and ventilation. what you should have done for the buddha pine is place it in an unheated, bright room with a temp of 10-15 degr.
Your elm might look ok, but will not survive inside either. As soon as temps go up a bit place it outside and leave it there, it will do much better there.
Ps: there is no such thing as an indoor tree

hmm, thought i did attach a picture...
Will try again.

I did think that might have been the problem but I'm used to keeping cactus and keep them cool inside in winter. Just didn't think a baby tree like that would survive the frosts etc. I'll move it into the cold and keep an eye on it. May be a good excuse to try growing a bonsai from seed and at least I've got a nice pot if it does die!

Young trees do survive outside. There are nothing protecting young trees in nature except for snow. Podocarpus is fully hardy in UK.

Starting from seed.. you do know that a normal big tree will grow out of these seeds? And hat you are at least 15 years away from something remotely looking like a bonsai if you know what you are doing.
Nothing wrong with growing from seed btw, just be aware of the time it takes.


Btw that podocarpus looks dead to me.

Yes, thanks for that info. I do know that big trees come out of those seeds and that it takes time for them to grow I'm not a complete idiot. I enjoy growing things not just going down the store, buying a bonsai and claim the kudos for it looking amazing. I was looking for advice, it's my first bonsai, not a condescending lecture!

Cherrygarcia wrote: Yes, thanks for that info. I do know that big trees come out of those seeds and that it takes time for them to grow I'm not a complete idiot. I enjoy growing things not just going down the store, buying a bonsai and claim the kudos for it looking amazing. I was looking for advice, it's my first bonsai, not a condescending lecture!

... you would be amazed how many people here think that bonsai seed exists, and that bonsai grow out of these seeds. Nothing to do with condescending, just being realistic after 6 years here answering questions from people with dead trees from being inside...

It does look like this one has died. You did do the right thing bringing it indoors if you are in a cold part of the UK. Maybe you kept it too dry, or on a heater / in a heated room.

Podocarpus only has a limited number of cultivars that take real frost. So although for most a night of frost is not an issue, most do not survive deepfrosts.