名媛直播

Hi, I have been bought a new 名媛直播.
Is anybody able to identify it for me?
Many thanks

Look under the Species Guides, I.D. my tree, Evergreen conifers.

Thanks, I did and think it may be a Podocarpus macrophyllus???
I'm a bit confused where to start pruning it though, how much foliage to remove etc.

Why do you want to do that?

To stop it growing too big and give it a nice shape

Paulgam12 wrote: To stop it growing too big and give it a nice shape

So.. Decide how big you want it, and which shape you want, then you know when to start trimming.

Personally, i feel the plant is way too big for the thickness of the trunk to ever make a convincing bonsai. So either i would let the tree grow out a lot so the trunk gets fat. Or you remove 80% of the foliage.