I have a couple I keep outdoors all year (Bristol, UK), and they go through
the full dormancy cycle, I also have a couple I kept on the kitchen
windowsill (SE facing), which were equally happy but never went into
dormancy. This year I've put the 'indoor' ones outside for the winter to
give them a bit of a rest and they will probably stay out next year with the
others.

They are pretty tolerant plants, which is why they (sometimes) survive the
boat from Korea to neglected supermarket shelves. They will tend to put on
more growth and be generally happier outside because of the greater light
availability. But they will survive indoors if they get enough light and
water.

Sean.

"Stevie Boy" wrote in message
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" Hi everyone. I have 2 or 3 bonsai but I have never had a Chinese elm
before
and so decided to get one.
what I need to know is this an indoor or outdoor bonsai. I live in England
and at the store it was
labelled as an indoor bonsai and was kept indoors

Here in England Chinese elms are always labelled indoor bonsai due to
their
origins of sub tropical climes.
Temperatures in the UK are naturally less than what is found in southern
China. During winter particularly so.

Many are bought and nurtured as indoor bonsai. I suspect if you want to go
this way they will survive happily if kept in a bright lit window.

However if we continue to get summers like this years I'm sure they would
revel the outside life. Whether they are hardy enough to stand our chilly
sub 10C winters I dont know. There are many more experienced people here
than I to answer that.

Steve