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title: "Is it safe to prune a Bird of Paradise’s roots?"
description: "Is it safe to prune a Bird of Paradise’s roots?"
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# Is it safe to prune a Bird of Paradise’s roots?

_Posted by Trevor on 2026-06-30_

Is it safe to prune a Bird of Paradise’s roots?

## 7 comments

### ABagel commented on 2026-06-30

Sure. I personally wouldn’t prune more than 30% of a plant’s roots if I intended the plant to stay in its current pot. Don’t expect all of its current foliage to be supported if you remove most of its roots.

Why are you pruning?

### Trevor commented on 2026-06-30

To be honest it needs a new pot. I'm so used to pruning the roots of my bonsai but these are quite fleshy I wasn't sure if it was safe

#### ABagel replied on 2026-06-30

Yeah if you’re not going up in pot size I would prune the roots and add soil amendments if not replacing soil completely.

I just bought a mini juniper Nana bonsai this past weekend do you have advice?

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### Trevor commented on 2026-06-30

Only that a juniper is an outside tree. It needs winter dormancy or it will die. I don’t know your zone but keeping it inside all the time will finish it too. There’s lots of good information on YouTube.

#### ABagel replied on 2026-06-30

Zone 9b, I have it in a west facing window but took the picture on a nightstand.

### Ash and Leaf commented on 2026-07-01

I hope so because I got a 20 foot one for my parents and had to cut almost a foot off the bottom of the root ball to get it to fit

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#### Trevor replied on 2026-07-01

I didn't realize they got so tall

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