I love your 'never waste anything' philosophy. My dad used to always say, "Waste not,want not."

The shadows this tree casts against the background are almost as lovely as the tree itself.

Amazing! Always appreciate some Herons/ Peter's bonsai teachings with breakfast before work. I wake up an hour before I have to leave. So this is a perfect video. Thanks!

Incredible how Peter can bring out the beauty in what was an ugly duckling!! What a change!!

I really enjoy seeing you working 👍👍🇵🇷

I have nerver been a fan of literati, until now. So beautiful!

I am so going to wait for the mame size tanuki for sure 👏. That raft turned out to be formidable 👍, and I agree about cutting off the jinn. Thx for sharing Peter 👌

Beautiful transformation. I've always been intrigued by raft style bonsai. I feel like it's a neglected style as I don't see it very often

Love it! So interesting, could spend hours admiring this raft! Pot is perfect!👏👏👏👏👊👍🤩😊

Rarely do we see multi-trunk literati, but this one is a real beauty...and it only took 20 years of neglect to achieve! Nice job, gentlemen!

Whenever i watch you amputate a big piece my heart goes nnoooooo and i hold my breath for a moment. And every time you end up having made another masterpiece. Thank you sooo much for doing your videos.

There is beauty in everything. thanks Peter another great class.

I jusr burst out laughing when Peter said, "....... unlike newspapers and calendars." Genius bit of comic timing!

Marvelous job, Peter! That literati spoke to me. I’m so glad you chose the primitive pot; the drum pot was way too heavy for this composition. I’m sure that someone is going to purchase this in no time.

A beautiful result indeed! 😁 I am liking the literati/bunjin style more and more as I see you transform trees like this... thank you for getting me started in bonsai 30 years ago, and also for the constant inspiration you give so freely to us... 👍🏼

Well done! You are very good instructor.

Excellent who would have thought you could create such beauty from that neglected pine. I can't wait for your next video of the literati style.

Ah that's nice , simple words from Peter, but a massive change in the painting ,ah you say painting, no its a tree ! , with the white background it could be a painting. This is a fantastic video, I enjoyed it so much , a master at work , the pot choice was spot on. the whole design ,change of style was proof that what looks bad today can look stunning if you know what you are doing. Another tree I hope to see on my visit . Thank you Peter and Josh .

this seems as if it is an insight into your minds eye. quite pleasing. thx kirk

you've rearranged the white space....love it!

Your eye for creating beauty is, in my words, next to none. You inspire me to try harder and I thank you for inspiring me

Loved the video Peter, really enjoyed it. Thank you. Raft style is one of my favourites, also clump style. Great video

Absolutely brilliant Peter. Already Feb. 2nd as I write, spring is not far off.

Tree and pot in harmony! Great job Peter. 🙏

Wow what a transformation Peter. Can’t wait for your literate video 🌳

"You done a excellent job on this triple trunk!" Semi cascade used to be my favorite kind of style, but the more I looked into wild trees thriving in harsh environments I find myself loving literati style even more. In may when my favorite nursery is open I'm purchase some cliffrose, and curled leaf mountain mahogany, and of course my favorite sagebrush. I will have to let them grow out for 10 to 20 years before I get truly enjoy them, but I'm in no rush to achieve anything great or expect greatness. Just by living in the moment and enjoy what life has to offer is the greatest gift of all.

Great as usual with your teachings. Thank you.

I purchased my first project. A juniper. Small round maybe 15 centimeters. It's been outside 2 days I'm nervous thinking about starting it. I wish there was a way to share it with everyone. But after watching Peter it gives me the courage to tackle my first attempt. Thank you for the inspiration.

i like the small amused noises made by the cameraman

Stunning! A true work of art!

I’m excited for a literati video, i recently dug up a Virginia pine that I think would make a lovely literati, and the more styling inspiration I can have the better

Great job, Peter!

This turned out amazing! Love it! But I would have chosen the other pot. :P

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 thanks Peter

Your video saved me the trouble of trying air laying the few pines that I have! Will have to chop off unwanted branches 😊 I wish I could import heron’s pots to India

Love it!!! You’re bringing back the Tokyo style bunjingi!!!!!

I enjoy Peter's long videos the most, always have lots to learn from your experience!

Stunning loved how that turned out

I love literati, and I love this outcome. It really is beautiful and artistic. I wonder if a suitable poem can be found to go with it?

The overall look from distance is excellent, but I just couldn't deal with all those heavy wire scars up close. Enjoyable video though, thanks for sharing as always Peter!

Que maestro ! expectacular como quedo con su nuevo replantado..gracias por el ejemplo dado.!

Brilliant as always just beautiful.

Once again, turning something neglected into something beautiful 🪴💚 Thank you! ✨

i actually like it. im impressed how u make something really nice out of something i would compost it .... the way u handle and turn the bad cases into lovely trees, really inspires me too look again and take up the challenges to have a take on not-wanted trees

thanks for the video and the " wonky" pot

Beautiful.

Many thanks Peter and Josh. I enjoyed that and think that I've been converted over Literati - I don't normally find them attractive. Looking forward to your Literati vids now.

Yes amazing!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Amazing transformation 🙏🏻

Hey Peter, enjoy your videos, you have taught me so much, I have been interested in bonsai for about 4 years and I can't thank you enough, I live in New England (USA) and enjoy all the seasons and so far my plants have survived very healthy. Looking forward and getting ready for spring, I also have some indoor bonsei which have kept me busy thru the winter. I also have purchased a few of your books and enjoy looking thru them...thank you for the time you take to teach me about bonsei...Ralph

1. Pine i got was a five niddle pine grafted on a black pine but the black pine stump made a branch at soil level that came out of soil and "touch layered" so i allways beleaved pine would airlayer but i only ever had that one blackpine root, after many years and trying i found out pines dont airlayer.

Great!

Amazing work.

Always a pleasure to view your posts. Your interesting and calming , your work preserves and beautifies. You are a blessing. Thank you .

I would certainly watch a 5 hour Peter Chan Special. 🎉

I loved your process in this, with beautiful results. Your volunteer is wearing both Carhartt and North Face, which tells me he's from the States.

Thank you for another wonderful video. I think literati trees are the most intriguing style, and simultaneously the most difficult to pull off. I have many new perspectives and ideas after watching this video. In the past you were working with willow trees, and I was really hoping to see an update on the willows you saved. In my area, northern Colorado, a new highway project destroyed many beautiful old trees. Thanks to your tutelage, I was able to save many giant branches of a sort of locally famous 75+ year old weeping willow tree. No one except the guys bulldozing the area know what I was up to 😅 I am really looking forward to your next video! Cheers!

tree with potential

Awesome 👌👌

very cool

Awesome.

The end-product looks beautiful! Job well-done

It is beautiful

This turned out great. Nice work as always Peter Thank You for teaching all of us any tree can be saved. Tip on the lighting your using, either turn down the power on the unit or add a diffuser. The light is very harsh.

Wow very beautiful to treehouse lamon very life so much picture middle Yonkers turning loudly middle class during their poynter research thank you for good advice yes 🙏🥰😁

Well done. Beautiful transformation

Good day Sir, I learned how to make pads and I will continue to improve. But I'm not comfortable designing apex. I understand that I'm just a beginner and it's too early, but but I was able to find couple of Bougainvilleas and a ficus that was easy to work on. I request you to guide me with the apex. 🙏🙏🙏

I like more the back side, showing the raft.

Beautiful!

Its a shame you skipped out on the root teasing. We all literally love that so much haha

I have a piece of spruce similar to that raft. Hopefully it roots well. Thank you for the confidence inducing video

Well done. Rgds, Jay.

Hi Peter, I was wondering if you could do a show on how to create a small bonsai garden. I have a Japanese maple in ground and I’d love to make the area more pleasing to the eye. I have a lot of young bonsai plants as well. I just don’t know how to get started on pulling it all together. Could you do a video? Kim🇨🇦

Awesome 👌

I've air-layered a few pines but that only works with very young specimens, not hardwood trunks.

Peter, you never fail to amaze and inspire me with my own trees. Cheers, Dick from Vancouver.

Instead of the small pot to save on soil, could you have used a rock to keep the correct angle?

I can’t find if Peter has done any videos on the carmona retusa (Fukien tea), if so, could someone point me in the right direction please! :) I have had mine for a month or so now and it’s doing well so I would love to see peter doing a video with one- though from what I gather I don’t think he is a huge fan of them😁

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I love literatis! Is the trunk layed horizontally on the ground not going to rotten? Wouldn‘t itbe safer to put a stone under? Only a question. Beautiful pot!

Why does it look like it has inverse taper?

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i always wonder how this getn neglected.

RE; drum pot - may I respectfully disagree ? IMHO the extremely lanky extended triangular form of the literati grouping needs the greater mass of either your original matt terracotta Heron's pot or the smoother decorated drum pot to give the impression of being calm and balanced in the mind's eye. The irregular primitive hand-thrown pot leaves a certain unsettled feeling ( perhaps evocative to pondering as a philosopher may?) that the raft could float off on a windy day, chuckle.

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He has the eye…

Reverse taper ? Is that ok in a literati bonsai? I dont mind it but in a show would it be ok?

I have learned a lot from all your videos thanks. Are you hakka chinese??

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Would a person ever think about adding shorter younger trees to the design? Like in real forests, there are trees of all ages.

Bless me Father for I have sinned its been many years since my last confession

Why do you have so many neglected trees at your nursery? Twenty years? That is a criminal level of neglect.

I think it lacks a little imagination to be honest

It looks much better but it is still a very ugly bonsai, nice to know that even Peter can be defeated.

Beautiful.