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Remove the lower portion of a one-gallon-sized root structure, as a bonsai plant requires a shallow root system. Shorten the storage roots and leave the small hair roots as these roots absorb water more efficiently. Prune the circling roots and tap root. Unpot the shrub and comb the roots in an outspread pattern being careful to not damage the root structure. Prune during the dormant stage in early spring as the process will damage the bonsai tree for sale shrub. Root prune the shrub 1 to 2 years after shaping the branches and trunk. This is a grouping of foliage on one branch that simulates a cloud coming out of the shrub. Prune branches to form pads on the shrub. This will make the shrub dense and compact in size.