Wow, what a gift to turn a small bush into a true work of art!

I just bought some junipers for my first go around. His approach gives me hope and confidence to try! Thank you sir! Cheers from Ohio 🌲

I really love the way you explain everything so simply. I am pretty new to bonsai and you make it seem like even I could make a nice tree.

Just came across this video. This is a great example of how to break it down and explain to us newbies what we're looking at. Most of the videos out there teaching bonsai show the artist cutting and clipping but not really telling us why s/he is doing so. They use lingo like "first branch" and "second directional branch" but they don't really explain what all that means and how they come to make those decisions. Here, you start by showing us the simple but very necessary step of cleaning up the undersides of these branches before we even make any cutting decisions... it's that level of show and tell that helps someone like me who's only been doing this for a few months. Kudos, and thank you! I have 5 nanas in pots (three 5" and two 6") and this takes away some of the intimidation that keeps me from really diving into them. Thanks again! And well done :-)

Thank you for taking the time to explain everything! I’m really new to bonsai and love your style!!

I’m sure you know this but I may have been tempted to keep the first branch for a few years to thicken the trunk base. Looks good!

What a perfect tree! Amazing job, thanks for teaching us, the beautiful art of bonsai.

Nice transformation Jason. The Nana is so fun and easy. I love the nanas! Haven't seen a video from you for a while. Nice to see you back 😊

I got my first bonsai tree from Publix. Never thought I’d get myself so into this beautiful process of creating a piece of art at the end

I have watched many videos and have been doing bonsais for about 20 years. Your videos are outstanding and easy to understand. Congratulations on exceptional instructions. Keep up these inspirational videos.

This is so helpful, it's awesome seeing your decision making process narrated. I've recently bought an 8 year old bonsai that has an established shape though needs refinement, so was not super sure where to start. So thank you for this

This video was awesome. I'm wanting to start my own bonsai, and while I want to grow some from seed, I was thinking of doing something like this with existing plants first to hone my skills for the seedlings and this video was amazing.

I absolutely love your work, you make learning Bonsai a lot easier, you are a very good teacher! Thanks for your help.

Your tutorial is very patient , very informative and very honest .Thank you .With lots of appreciation .

Jason, I love the narrating when you are making choices and why you do them. Reminds my of Bob Ross the painter hahaha. If you want to take a little off the top, sure, whatever, do what you want, it's ok.

One of the best tutorials I’ve seen. So grateful you took the time to do this.

Nice work again and I love shopping at your store Your one of the best teachers thank you for time

Outstanding! Easy to understand and enough encouragement to make me realize I can try and succeed! Thanks Jason, your Florida fan!🐊🦩🌴😎

Nice transformation Jason! Great video

great video. i am new to bonsai and just got my first juniper and want to do it right and treat the the good and make it beautiful

This was such a good tutorial. I appreciate the explanations of the steps. Thank you.

Great how to video. Clear and cogent, thank you Jason.

Your work is amazing. What's are things we need to keep in mind for the first pruning and potting of Nana? Can we do pruning and potting at the same time for a first time styling of a Nana? Do we need to prune roots also when we prune the top? When is the best time to work on a Nana?

Great audio explanation. Thanks for sharing.

stunning litter tree. you make it look so easy

just awesome... fantastic teaching, thank you! Love how that tree looks. happy customer too!

Please make more of these videos - I’m a huge fan

hi, i am just starting to learn about bonsai and I like you r videos they are so easy to understand .Thanks again Jim Brandt in Florida

Really well explained, great work

Wow you make this look so easy...amazing.

Glad your back, enjoy your videos...Ralph

What a gorgeous trees!

excellent work, The conversion was nice. thanks

Thanks for the helpful insights into procumbens!

Simply brilliant!!

Great content.well explained. I would have liked to see the 2nd branch as a cascade. The style is growing on me.

As always excellent video, easy to follow and perfectly explained. Thank you ❤

Hey Jason, love your videos! Wondering if you have any footage of maintenance trimming on a more established and refined procumbens?

Beautiful design nice 👍

Guy's a genius. And a good teacher.

Dude you explain it so well! Thanks for the detailed video! Im keen to get one of these now

Very well done. I like your explanations. You are an artist.

Best video I have seen for us beginners. Thanks

so beautiful. Thank you for sharing

Hello Jason, yet another excellent tutorial. Keep up the good work Would it be possible for you to do a video on creating the apex on either a juniper or a pine please? It’s something I always struggle with. I’ve followed your videos about wiring pads but there’s not one specifically to do with the apex Many thanks Chris

Great work, great cut !

Thank you for this cool Episode! In Autum in German Garden enters Junipers sold for low price and its good quality

nice selection 👍👍

Really nice explanation, I was looking exactly for this. Thank you!

Great video !

Very nice! Great video thank you

great video Jason I'm a beginner thank you explain it so easy to follow

Subbed! Glad this channel came to my feed. I can learn from you. I killed my first two bonsai 20 years ago cause I wasn’t as serious as I thought I was (lack of understanding how to care).

Great video. Excellent work. I'd like to see it in a nice pot!

Wow. Wonderful video. I honestly got anxious and mad with all the branch cutting (because for me it already looked nice 😂) but really understood at the end. I bought a juniper blue star and want to make it into a bonsai, and oh man I’m nervous 🤣🤣🤣

Very compliments! Good job 👍👍

Just amazing!

love it, thanx for informative video 😀

Hello Jason, thank you very much for sharing your experience. I have the same tree however the branches are longer and softer. It is not not as compact as the one you have demonstrated here in this video. I wonder how do you get it so compact for such a small tree pls? Thank hij in advance. Best regards, Helen from the Netherlands

Makes it look so easy

Hey jason is there any way you can do a video on branch selection of satsuki azalea .From the few i bought from you there are soo many branches the selection is actually really tough. Also maybe include care and where to prune back to. Thanks. And every purchase ive made so far all the trees are doing very well. ! Love your videos .keep them coming. Cause of you i started this amazing hobbie and just starting to get others involved . Thanks!

The best 🙌thank you for sharing. Just subscribed.

Wow... Thanks for sharing!!!

love it! We wanna see moreeeeeeeeeeee

Awesome! Thanks

That turned out really beautiful! Not often do you get such a nice transformation in one video. Would you wait a season before putting it into a bonsai pot?

Thanks for the helpful videos! I wonder if anyone can recommend a good video that shows the process of potting a plant with nursery stock root ball into a minimal bonsai type setup? I know reducing the root mass is necessary, but I'd like to know how gradual a process this would be to train the roots.

you help me a lot. Thank you.

How beautiful they are my son got me one for Christmas and do you clean the brown leafs do I cut them

Hi Jason, love watching your videos. Im wondering if you could help me in styling my juniper. I think i made a lil too much cut but get kinda scared to make cut at certain branch. I think the problem occurs because i didn't get the picture of what i wanna do with the tree in terms of styling, i have change the style twice but im still not sure with the current style, i feel like i break some rules with it with pigeon chest. perhaps you can help me with it

Great job 👍🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

Looks awesome , nothing like a good juniper , makes me wanna have a few smaller ones .... might have to go to the local nursery 🤣

Excelente vídeo meu amigo

My first ever bonsai I fully styled was one of these, they have nice tight folliage. Do you think it's ever appropriate to move a branch upwards to fill in space? Or is that not really recommended? Thanks!

Learned something today....dont cut too soon ,wire first than style.thanks

Thanks for sharing

Nice job! Just one question: Do you use sealer paste on those small cuts you did on the juniper?

Una imagen valle mas que mil palabras gracias. Por enseñar como hacer un bonsai

Very cool. Thank you

Sorry, late to party here. Great vid. Possibility question. Could you have cascaded the right side, then use the lesser left to create a small apex? I could imagine that having nice horizontal movement but my specialty is tri tip so... I am but a learner, thanks for advice.

Great video Jason. Thank you very much for sharing it. May I ask where a jin tool like that can be obtained. I can't seem to find one but the one you use is amazing.

I like what you did with the tree. I think it looks great. But one question. The branch that you jinned… if you were taking a longer term view of the outcome of the tree, would you have left the branch as it was as a sacrifice branch for 2-3 years to thicken the base of the tree more, then jin it? Just curious. Thanks for a very informative video!

Good one man.

ty for the video! What is the name of the tool you used to make the jin?

This is amazing. I would have been afraid to take so much away, for the plant's health, and not only is the end result beautiful, but you seem very confident with what you're doing. I've really wanted to start, for years now, but there's just so much information and terminology. I've kept gardens and have grown plants in a very detail-oriented way, but I feel like if I make a mistake in bonsai I'll have to live with it for quite a long time, when compared to other plants. Do you have any advice for this? Any resources, things that are important to focus on as a beginner, or things not to worry about too much? Thank you!

I know you were wanting to produce a "finished" looking tree in one go, but I would have probably left that bottom branch on as a sacrificial branch to fatten the base of the trunk and taken it off in a couple years after a little more trunk taper was established.

This is a very heavy pruning, curious if said plant made it?

After repotting where will you placed it on a shaded or full sunlight?

Man, you're good!

and where will you placed it, on Full sunlight or shaded area?

I bought a new tree and literally went step by step with the video. It still looks like a Charlie Brown tree. I need a new hobby.

When you doing this, do you ever save the branches to make cuttings?

Do you have anything on growing medium and formula for proper mixture?

Great video. Nice tree. My turn to try. 😊

Hey great job. Phil from Fuji

1 question sir, will the jin grow thicker?

I'm very new to bonsai and have watched lots of videos by several different people. I noticed you don't use cut paste while others don't cut a branch without using it. When is it appropriate to use cut paste?

What time of the year is this done? Thank you.

What are you trying to accomplish? I heard balance, triangle, thin enough to see the branches... Are there common themes you try? Great stuff; you can see I’m a rookie.

What time of year is it appropriate to do this type of work to a juniper?