Had a little realization earlier

[KennedyMarx]

Tonight I bought a procumbens nana to grow out. As I was sitting it out with my other junipers I decided to take a head count. I'm up to 23 junipers in various states of development. When I first started learning about bonsai I had a bunch of tropical plants I was trying to grow out with an indoor setup and a small balcony in the summer. Slowly I've been whittling that aspect of my collection down by either giving plants away, or unfortunately, killing them off. Somewhere along the way I've become a juniper guy.

 

[Wilson]

I would love to see some of the different types/styles you are training. Juniper seem to be a autumn purchase for me, when they are super cheap!

 

[KennedyMarx]

They're nothing special. Most are in still in rough states. I have a couple big ones that I need to transfer into bonsai soil. The only one I have in a bonsai pot is an itoigawa, but I think our last cold snap might have killed it. My other itoigawa is looking like it also took a hit. Plus the two shimpakus I got from Brent at Evergreen Gardenworks. I'm hoping it's just some burn on the foliage. Got my fingers crossed. I'll have to take some pictures tomorrow when I have some sun.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

I'm north of you, zone 5, and I winter Itoigawa, Kishu and regular Shimpaku with no temperature protection. They winter under the bench, a tarp on 3 sides to block sun & wind, north side open to shovel snow in for water. They do fine every year.

But if you had them in protection, And they warmed up and started to grow, then got a cold snap, that could be the cause of the problem.