Concerning the length of a YT video = some of them need to be longer; like this one. The whole thing is an excellent tutorial. Bonsai isn't a slice and dice art. Is a very time consuming & even harrowing practice. i know many of your viewer appreciate the patience/tolerance that shows. This Schef was already amazing however the present work is filled with great "tutoring". Imaculaing something takes a lot of talent; raw learning talent or otherwise. Also, Nigel is more or less setting standards for bonsai - - - call it modern bonsai(?) Another viewer once said "Nigel would bonsai a Dandelion". So be it . . . the "purist" will be left in the dust as everything evolves. Anyway . . . this is very educational as well as entertaining; Thanks!!

To me, Nigel is like the Bob Ross of Bonsai 😊 Love the peaceful yet informative videos 👍 Cheers from Switzerland 😁

I think that all of us would agree for you to finish the plant room first and then the videos. Time is growing short before the cold weather gets in and work that has to be done first is top priority for you. You have great tutorials, but, I can wait for one once you finish the plant room. Another thought is that as you work on the plant room, just let the camera run. Then in the important parts write in the script for that sequence like they used to do before talking pictures came out with piano music and all.

"I'm going to have to paint the bumpers, they're the only white thing on the truck" -> except the roof over your head! Great episode. Saw the 90 minute runtime and got nervous, but I was riveted for every minute of the pruning! Sometimes when I watch these detail prunes on the more established trees, it almost seems like you just end up back at the same mature wood you started with 2 or 3 years prior. But then I look carefully and you've still some green here and there, so out of all of those hundreds of new shoots I can see you've anointed a very select handful of winners. And a few older, mature experiments got closed out too. Incredible patience. And you can see the result in the lower branches of this Schefflera. I don't have any trees near the refinement phase yet, but the patience on display is inspiring as usual!

Am I glad to see your video, 1:33:33 hours of relaxation and clam. Thanks Nigel.

"Hurricane Laura, not to be confused with my wife Laura" 😂😂🤣😂🤣

I appreciate that sometimes you put your spread hand behind the specific branch you’re talking about to have contrast between the branch and the bench ✨🤘🏽

Hello Nigel, thank you for the high quality material. I feel that a person unfamiliar with bonsai could very easily begin watching your videos and that would be about all the person would need to become an expert!

Nigel Buddy, your Scheflera looks so epic de-foliated! And that couple complimented your truck, your smile was priceless. Cracked me up. When you trim your baby jade, I think I will (mine) to. Again. lol. It thinks it’s spring again now that I’ve brought it inside. My dwarf Hibiscus is not happy to be inside. It lost a bunch of leaves. I really hope it doesn’t die on me. It was my pride and joy all summer. I wanted to trim it but I don’t dare to now. 🌺

A second complement; I love the bare pale appearance of the final look of the bonsai. Thank you

Actually, a bonsai doesn't look that attractive after cutting. You have succeeded in making the bonsai look even more attractive. A real masterpiece from my point of view. You can be really proud of this bonsai. Thank you for this impressive video.

I saw a 70's Bronco today. I gave the guy a cheer!

The philosophy of branch selection for pruning is very helpful and the resulting structure flowing and interesting. Thank you Zone!

Nice job on the Shefflera Nigel 👌 and those Hibiscus trees are looking good with those flowers on them ! Great video 👍

Wow, the tree structure looks incredible!

This schefflera has always been my fovourite! Nice to see the branch structure every once in a while :D

Nigel I just wanted to say I appreciate these videos and you sharing the thought process & details... thank you

Awesome video Nigel👍 Thank you for taking the time to share your detailed work, the Schefflera looks great ! 👌 I just potted up the chefflera cuttings today 😀

I've learned so much about bonsai from you! Thank you so much. I'm wondering if you have any bonsai book suggestions?

I love the idea that you have about being able to watch the progress of your trees over the years.

Loved the drive round town Nigel , the truck looks like fun to drive ....

Great video, Cool to listen to your decision making during the pruning.

Thanks, Nigel! Trees Looking good.

This was great! Although very long it showed the decision making process on making a bonsai. It is good for those who wants instant bonsai to see that it is a long term process. Really loved.

A couple of things: When you talking about having to go to London to pick up a drive shaft, my first thought was (and I’m not joking bather way) “Your going to London (UK) to pick up a drive shaft?? Why go all the way there? Surely there is someone in Canada that can do it?” I now realise that there is a city in Canada called London. I also have the same problem with the camera just cutting off when it runs out of storage. The amount of times I’ve just been working away and then suddenly realise that it hasn’t been recording. I agree that the camera should just make a noise to alert you that it has stopped recording.

Thank you Nigel. I really appreciate your knowledge an sharing. (And ya give me that Bob Ross feel) 😎😄🌱🌿🌴🌲🕊️

I'm looking forward to the update on the tree. Looks great so far!

Great tutorial on the Schefflera. Really cool bonsai.

id love some nigel bonsai zone "bonsaibyLan" style time lapse videos. great stuff either way thanks nigel! happy bonsai'ing every one

Looking good!

Impressive pruning! Love that long video!

Getting excited to return to Florida for the season and get back to work on my tropicals. Thanks to watching your schefflera play list mine is looking like yours little brother. Thanks

oh lovely smell of a freshly pruned scheflerra lol Always reminds of celery

This is 1 of my favourite bonsai frm ur collection, absolute pleasure to watch u working on it, massive prunning work, well done 👍

Looks great!

So nice joined the room last night but left early that I had to go to bed >

Nigel, you inspire me to try rooting some Dwarf Schefflera cuttings. It's amazing to me how you get these tropical trees to flourish and become such beautiful trees in Canada!

The most beautifull trees ever ive seen . Amazing job has been done .cheers.

All time greatest tree envy with this Schefflera

i love your schefflera its my favorite tree of yours

I love this tree! Thanks

Wow so beautiful

I can can't wait to see what ýour going to do 🎉❤❤😊

Really awesome video's, you always inspire me to grow more bonsai.

This would be hard to pick, but I think the schefflera probably has to go in the list of your top 5 bonsai. There's awesome movement in those trunks and the composition as a whole is really coming into its own. I've got more tropicals than my winter windows can handle as it is, but you've got me wanting to start one!

Good 👍 video .I learning about bonsai.im from Sri Lanka.nice teaching.thanks.

My friend, Nigel, very cool looking Schefflera, the jade forest is cool too. I guess in that climate and many others jades will do better in a far less water holding soil like granite grits + lava rocks or something like that. I guess perlite is a killer for them.

Thank you Nigel

Fantastic! That tree is awesome! So is the roosters looOOOooong crow Hahaha! Hubcaps were not something I expected with that truck...

You could try air-layering the fiddle leaf ficus (the one in the greenhouse) to get both a tree from the top part and another from the bottom near ground level. They air-layer quite easily!

You are a legend

Looks like you just pruned off all the new green growth

hello from the Canary Island. Great videos. Thanks

I like your feeds.

Sublime

I m just beginner thanks for sharing knowledge thank you very much sir.

Mantap kawan👍👍👍👍

Very educational:)

I new in your channel,I really enjoy very informative and great close ups shots. 👍👍

Nigel, you should make more vlogs!

This guy is the Yoda of Bosnia. Nobody teaches better

Nice

Good morning from POTUGAL Nigel a big hug good video we are together

Nice to see that the plant room is coming along. I'm wondering what ever happened to that big greenhouse you got a while back.

werry good

How old is this Schefflera? Impressive and thank you for explanations during the cuts. Danuta for the Lower Mainland

Saludos desde España

I would like to see more of the stems. Maybe in future it's going to reveal more of the stems.

Beautiful Schefflera --- mine is due a prune so this video came at the perfect time. BTW, I may have missed it, but what did you do with the large commercial greenhouse that you destructed several months ago? What a huge undertaking that was! Thank you, Nigel for all your bonsai videos; I have learned so much!

Hurricane Laura, not to be confused with my wife Laura LOL!

Hey Nigel, thanks for your videos. I recently got some scheffleras recently and want to do something like this. Do you have a video of when/how you fist began this tree? Specifically how you got it in such a shallow pot? Thanks!!

1:33:26 so funny 🤣🤣 greetings from Argentina!

I'm currently working on my ficuses. best regards

👌👌👌...!!!

Hi Nigel, I’m loving this style. I’m looking to create my own clump style Schefflera. How many individual plants did you use when you first put it together?

That hair bonsai is remarkable tho

I would go insane if i had a rooster

I JUST brought home a Schefflera from my mother's funeral. Not entirely sure which specific .. strain? species? variety? .. But I'm thinking maybe some dwarf. Twelve individual trunks too, and seems pretty healthy. I haven't had a look at the roots yet.

Have you ever tried a bonsai montage daisy / nipponanthemum? I have a lot of cuttings rooting and my friend just coincidentally showed me a montauk bonsai he started. It looks good. I didn’t realize the trunk would thicken. Was just curious if you’ve done one ?

I have a small dwarf schefflera thats basically a single trunk with about six fairly straight long branches coming from it. Would love to get something that looks more like this eventually. If I prune those long shoots will the new grown change direction or just continue in the same? Thanks for all the advise in all your video's.

Sir, please consider making a video on Platycladus orientalis, Oriental Arborvitae for bonsai

Lady Bugs eat those bugs you were talking about.

with how many trees you start this amazing bonsai?

Hi Nigel. Have you ever taken cuttings of a weeping willow, rooted them in water then clustered and tied them together to make a multi trunk weeping willow bonsai? Is it possible to do?

Hi Nigel, I have started a Scfellera project inspired by your plant. I wish I could share pictures and get your advice on it.

I was given one of these trees recently and I pruned it and it froze one night and all the leaves died. Did I kill it? It's an old tree in a big pot. Was it a bad time of year to prune it? Luckily I kept a cutting and used root starter and so far it looks ok.

Make a video about your lemon trees 😀😀😀

Must be a good sized town

How do I get my tree to branch at the bottom. It has a long trunk but I want it bushy

Are brown bumps on Schefflera stem normal?

After pruning like this is it best to keep the plant out of direct sun?

Got any tips for growing a mangrove bonsai from seed?

SO OK

34:52 "Ohh, I think I already worked on this one...." hehe.

Oh Nigel, how I love your channel. Just found it today searching for what to do with a Schefflera that was gifted to me. I have no idea the age, maybe two years. It is in the shape of a "Y" with two possible apex. I would like it not to grow too high but there's a huge gap between the "Y" and I have no idea how to prune it to get rid of it and make it bushier. Does this make sense and do you have any helpful advise. Thank you for your channel and any help!

Oh wow... my tree is three years old and only a single branch/trunk. :/ I guess I have work to do lol.

Please help me, do you know how to propagate this ??? I have one and I want to propagate it when I prune it?

Great video as always. Can you please tell me how did you create this tree? I mean did you plant couple of sheflera steams next to each other or did you create this from one plant?

What is the benefit from defoliating that tree or any tree may I ask

Great video I enjoyed a lot to watch. I would like to know the video editing software you use . I'm sorry I'm going out of context.