I cannot understand why most demonstrators of bonsai use conifers as the trees they work on.. Evergreens are hardly used. We in tropical countries would like to be shown how to grow an evergreen bonsai.
Well, in temperate climates conifers do well and tropicals suffer.
In tropical countries it is impossible to grow JWPs, but very easy to keep care of fruiting and flowering local species.
Japan is a temperate country and from Japan came the bonsai culture we follow in the west.