AusBonsai

Hi All,
I was visiting my local garden centre to see if there was anything of interest to tempt me to start yet another bonsai , and wouldn't you know it, I found this Canadian white spruce. It's only small but a reasonable starter. It's a bit straggly and had two apexes (?) which is probably why no-one wanted it as a Xmas tree.
I brought it home and couldn't stop myself from starting on it before realizing I didn't take a before photo, sorry. I thinned out some of the branches , jinned one of the apexes and started wiring a couple of branches. I left all the lower branches as sacrificials to encourage the lower trunk to develop a bit more.
Being a colder climate tree I know it may struggle to survive in Queensland, but here's hoping.
My question is, has anyone living in warmer climate areas had success with growing Canadian Spruce?

I think you may struggle, but if you don't give it a go you will never know!

Thanks Watto, whichever way it goes, I'll post any progress or otherwise.

My spruce is still looking quite well, so when my car automatically (well almost ) pulled into the garden centre I was passing I decided to take a look what was on special. They still had a few left-over Xmas trees, so I decided to get a companion for my first spruce. As a bonus the price was down to $4.95 ! Bargain And this one's a bit bigger and thicker trunked than the first.
I'm leaving the bottom two branches as sacrificials and a few along the trunk for Jinning. A portion of the top of the main trunk will also be jinned but a couple of live branches left a bit lower down.
If they survive I want to eventually make a grouping with a rock, or slab to simulate the mountainous regions the tree normally grows in.
Any comments or suggestions are welcome.
Frank.