How To: Starting A New Bonsai Tree - Cornus Midwinter Fire
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5 ай бұрынJoin me as I transform this garden centre Cornus and start it on its journey to become a stunning little shohin bonsai tree.
Follow the process and see how you too can create a beautiful bonsai tree from garden centre material.
By the end of this video you will know exactly what you need to do, what effect that will have on your tree, and how that will give you an amazing starter bonsai.
Let’s go.
Enjoy 🙏😁🌳
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@scbonsaijowo87 5 ай бұрын
Like130❤ great sharing 👍🌑
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Thank you kindly 🤗👍
@therisingofroninbonsai 5 ай бұрын
Nice information, and very love to see your hand dirty with the plant media, just like me too, he he he 17:27
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@sylviahardy4568 5 ай бұрын
Another tree to add to this newbies must have list 😄
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
It’s a tough thing too Sylvia - hardy and difficult to kill.
@maryweber4176 5 ай бұрын
I can't wait to see future development.
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Me too 👍😊
@jenniferwenzel5318 5 ай бұрын
I can already see this tree will be gorgeous ❤
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Thank you Jennifer
@KennetDeBondt 5 ай бұрын
Allways great to see the creation of a new tree! Grts Kennet
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Thanks Kennet 🙏
@sueb1317 5 ай бұрын
Well timed video - just about to work on my red osiers (grown from native seeds) - pretty revved up after watching your work!! I've been experimenting with several species - mostly clip'n'grow since I keep missing the window for wiring lol! I personally love them, though each species has its quirks. I have found large cuts are pretty slow to heal, and whorls of branches will cause inverse taper. The wild wetland types take really well to hard prunes and root work, though they can be thirsty. They also bloom when pretty young, but you have to stop pruning mid summer for bud development. Cornus mas doesn't grow near as fast in my hands, but the promise of tiny flowers and edible fruit keeps me plodding along. Sadly, I killed all my large-flowered C. kousa😞
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Great info Sue 🙏
@markjagger7139 5 ай бұрын
Excellent Jason, another great video explaining the procedure of starting a new Bonsai, good luck with it.
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Thanks, you too Mark!
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 5 ай бұрын
Nice to see you working some more trees Jason - another one to add to the playlists :)
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Cheers Xav. Plenty more of this kind of thing in upcoming months.
@Bonsaicrazy 5 ай бұрын
Great video Jason. like the tree mate, Good luck with it 👊
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Thank you Andy. Be interesting watching how this one develops.
@mattbrennan647 5 ай бұрын
Great to see you getting your hands dirty Jason. 😂 That is a fantastic find.I think you did a great job starting the structure on its journey. Thanks, keep growing
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@AlexBraunton 5 ай бұрын
Cracking video Jason. That was fun and informative. I love the red and yellow colours of the dogwood. This is going to be a great shohin tree.
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. I agree, the colours are really striking and it has the potential to be a super little tree.
@MartinBBB 5 ай бұрын
Great video Jason. I'm now casting covetous glances towards the large Dogwood in the corner of my garden. Maybe I'll get the spade out......
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Ha ha 😝 😂😂
@airford13 5 ай бұрын
i have some cuttings of these, they are leafing out now, hoping for the best!
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Good luck with them 👍
@elijahwilliams1425 5 ай бұрын
Jason you have one of those really awesome “English narrated documentary” sounding voices lol…awesome video my friend!…several of your tips throughout your videos have helped me and I greatly appreciate you
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Glad you have enjoyed this and found it useful Elijah 🙏
@elijahwilliams1425 5 ай бұрын
@@TheBonsaiGarden absolutely!…you’ve actually got me a lot more interested in Shohin and I’ve styled 9 trees I had every intention to thicken into fairly large Bonsai, into Shohin style and they’re a lot of fun!…I hope you have no plans of getting away from the videos!
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai 5 ай бұрын
Excellent video Jason. Great nursery stock. Brilliant find!
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Thank you Steve 👍
@googleboy7530 5 ай бұрын
Excellent video. I have rewatched it again.
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, and appreciate your support 👍
@acer_p_bonsai 5 ай бұрын
I love your passion for bonsai Jason! Great video; particularly loved your species quick description! Your corn is reminds me of my Acer palmatum ‘Bihou’ 💛 👏🏽 🪴 🍁
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Thanks. I do have a Japanese Maple BiHoo garden tree just in front of where my monkey pole stands are - with that vivid yellow bark. 👍
@brucedeacon28 5 ай бұрын
👍👌🙂
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
😝😊😃
@c.hockey 5 ай бұрын
All those branches from one spot are going to create a giant knuckle there
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Still plenty of time for making improvements and changes
@c.hockey 5 ай бұрын
@@TheBonsaiGardenideally now so it doesn’t get worse and you don’t waste time developing a poor piece of material
@davidoneill5962 5 ай бұрын
Good job 👍🏻
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Thanks David 😁
@soberhippie 5 ай бұрын
I often wondered if those thin roots on rhododendrons, azaleas or citrus trees are actually feeder roots or if they are just thin. There are plants that have lots of seemingly identical roots, and I was hesitant to cut them off. That is a nice tree, by the way. I love your videos
@susanbossert6833 5 ай бұрын
Some plants have fibrous roots instead of thick roots and a tap root. Rhoddies, azalea and dogwood have fibrous roots. Orange trees have a more fibrous root system, while lemons have a tap root.
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
That profusion of roots is clearly why this is such a vigorous and hard to kill plant. 😁
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
My Chinese Quince is much the same with cotton wool or candyfloss like mass of roots.
@mmjnice97 5 ай бұрын
Haven't been to your channel an a bit,.. Excellent video and I'm diggin the beard 😊 ohh you cut it off 😂
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Took a couple of days to film 😄🤗
@thebrightsidepotteryandbonsai 5 ай бұрын
This is very topical for me. I have a Cornus Kousa that is over wintering outside, waiting for a first styling. I'm pretty pumped to start working with it, but I thought I would airlayer the top before cutting it back. Does anyone have experience airlayering Cornus? Any advice would be appreciated!
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
This was my first experience with Cornus. I would expect the air layer very readily - I know that cuttings root very easily.
@maryweber4176 5 ай бұрын
Coming from a family of marathon runners, I should know better, but I am still not very patient. But I am hoping to get running again though.
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
👍
@natrjack965 5 ай бұрын
Great video my friend..
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Thank you Michael 🙏
@rtregear 5 ай бұрын
Jason (and anyone else who wants to comment), I sometimes hear comments about NOT working on both roots and branches at the same time - too much of a shock for the tree etc. What do you think about that? Obviously, you have no such concerns for this Cornus, but is that always true? Appreciate that if the tree is not healthy you may not do either and certainly not both, but a healthy tree at the right time of year...? @KennetDeBondt @XaviersBonsaiRetreat @Others?
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
There is a lot of advice about what to do when with trees. A lot of it is about ensuring the maximum health of the tree. But in truth you can repot or work the foliage and structure at different times of year. It might not kill the tree, but won’t be the optimal time for doing those tasks. For a first styling of a nursery plant like this I would be less concerned, particularly with a healthy plant. But I would not recommend doing major pruning and root work at the same time for a more refined or developed tree.
@TregearBPM 5 ай бұрын
@@TheBonsaiGarden Thanks. All generalizations are false etc., however - only subject healthy trees to potentially stressful events, avoid weather extremes, and if the tree is 2 days old take the risk, if 200 years old, maybe not so much.
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
😁 I gotta live a long long life before I have any 200 year old trees 😂😂😂
@TregearBPM 5 ай бұрын
@@TheBonsaiGarden I hope we are all building 200-year-old trees. 😀
@mattbrennan647 5 ай бұрын
If it were mine I plan on removing those two thick lower bar branches ✌🏻
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
I will have to take another look Matt 👍
@googleboy7530 5 ай бұрын
Is this soil good for indoor trees? Like a Fukien tea tree in a pond basket.
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Yes, I don’t see why not.
@givetanks 5 ай бұрын
My only critique is you have a lot of branches coming from a whorl at the first branch line. This is already causing reverse taper.
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Others have already noted this. This is a first styling so plenty of opportunity to review and modify it as it develops. 🙏
@givetanks 5 ай бұрын
@@TheBonsaiGarden I would have done it now and chose just one branch as this will just get worse over time
@andrewd5148 5 ай бұрын
During the last part of the potting up of your Cornus, the camera was pointed down, and I could not see that you were doing. That's all. Otherwise, nice video.
@TheBonsaiGarden 5 ай бұрын
Thanks Andrew. Unfortunately I didn’t check the camera was squarely focussed when I filmed that short bit, and so had to make use of the footage as is. The process is the same aa in my previous video Bonsai For Free where I pot up a collected silver birch tree. Hope that helps 🙏
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