Light Requirements for Dormant Evergreens
by Andy Walsh
Introduction
This article was originally a post to the Internet Bonsai Club Mail List. It has been edited slightly to make it more readable in this context.
Dormant Evergreens?
"But my plant is an evergreen; it doesn't drop its leaves so it's not going dormant." Au contraire, mon ami, the fact that it is an evergreen plant makes the dormant period even more crucial.
Dormant evergreens do not need light as long as the temperature does not rise above 40 degrees F for very long. Evergreens stored in the dark at temperatures around or below freezing (32 degrees F) will survive the winter nicely.
 See also: Growing, Light, Bonsai, Dormant, Evergreen
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